| ambivalent |
of feelings and emotions, conflicting; pulling in opposite directions. |
| amenable |
willing to respond, agree, or submit; agreeable; pliable. |
| backwater |
any place that is seen as primitive, unchanging, or stagnant. |
| defeatist |
characterized by an acceptance or expectation of failure. |
| disseminate |
to spread widely, as though scattering seed. |
| exuberance |
the condition or quality of being vigorously happy or high-spirited. |
| fraternal |
of, related to, or like a brother or brothers. |
| fulcrum |
that which other things are contingent upon or built around; a pivotal point or agent. |
| hitherto |
until this time; previously. |
| insecurity |
the condition or quality of having insufficient protection or not being safe. |
| myriad |
of or constituting a great but unspecified number; numberless. |
| objectivity |
the quality of being unbiased or without prejudice. |
| obliterate |
to erase or make unrecognizable by erasing. |
| sedulous |
steady and persistent in an action or duty; diligent. |
| tempestuous |
characterized by disturbance or commotion; stormy; turbulent. |