| Term | Definition |
| 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 |
| caprice | a whim; a sudden change of mind |
| castigate | to criticize, inflict punishment |
| chicanery | trickery; deception |
| acumen | shrewdness shown by keen insight |
| banal | commonplace; trivial |
| depraved | incorrigibly evil |
| discrusive | digressing, rambleing |
| dissonance | discord |
| adamant | hard and inflexible; unyeilding |