| Term | Definition |
|---|
| ambivalent | characterized by a mixture of opposite feelings or attitudes |
| eccentric | a person with an unusual or odd personality |
| disdain | lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike |
| deference | a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others |
| frivolous | not serious in content or attitude or behavior |
| dogmatic | characterized by arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles |
| condescend | debase oneself morally, act in an undignified, unworthy, or dishonorable way |
| grave | causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm, a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone) |
| erratic | liable to sudden unpredictable change |
| heresy | a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion |
| fallacious | false; based on a fallacy; misleading; N. fallacy: false idea or notion; false reasoning; Ex. popular fallacy; Ex. fallacy of the argument |
| flagrant | extremely or deliberately shocking or noticeable |
| compromise | an accommodation in which both sides make concessions |
| retro- | backward |
| super- | above |
| sub- | under, less than |
| -ward | 1. (noun) a division or district of a city, hospital, or town 2. (Law) a person who is under the protection or legal control of another |
| -ish | origin, nature, resembling |
| -some | like, apt, tending to |
| intangible | lacking substance or reality |
| static | a crackling or hissing noise cause by electrical interference |
| temper | a disposition to exhibit uncontrolled anger |
| elusive | be difficult to detect or grasp by the mind |
| dubious | fraught with uncertainty or doubt |
| compatible | having similar disposition and tastes |
| arrogant | having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride |
| censure | harsh criticism or disapproval |
| expedite | process fast and efficiently |
| antagonism | an actively expressed feeling of dislike and hostility |
| indulgent | tolerant or lenient |
| advocate | a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea |
| ambi- | around, both |
| bene- | well, good |
| poly- | many, much |
| tele- | far |
| -less | without |
| -most | most, nearest to |
| -scope | instrument used to visualize |
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