| Term | Definition |
| acumen | shrewdness shown by keen insight |
| adamant | hard and inflexible; unyielding |
| anomaly | deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule |
| antipathy | a feeling of intense dislike |
| apathy | an absence of emotion or enthusiasm |
| assiduous | (adj) persistent; hard-working |
| autonomous | Self-governing. |
| banal | commonplace; trivial. |
| candor | The quality of frankness or outspokenness. |
| caprice | a whim; a sudden change of mind |
| castigate | to criticize, inflict punishment |
| chicanery | trickery; deception |
| depraved | incorrigibly evil |
| discursive | digressing, rambling |
| dissonance | Discord. |