| advantageous |
giving a benefit or advantage; helpful; useful. |
| banter |
joking, clever conversation. |
| coercive |
using threats, intimidation, or force to persuade or pressure someone to do something. |
| equanimity |
the quality of remaining calm, serene, or unruffled, especially under stress; composure. |
| malign |
to speak badly of or tell harmful lies about. |
| onerous |
unwanted, unpleasant, and burdensome. |
| preeminent |
surpassing others in importance and prominence; foremost. |
| prodigy |
a person, especially a young one, of exceptional talent or ability. |
| reimburse |
to pay back for (expenses or losses incurred). |
| rescind |
to take back or make invalid; revoke. |
| scanty |
barely adequate; meager. |
| sophomoric |
displaying intellectual pretentiousness or proud confidence about one's knowledge when actually poorly informed or immature. |
| stark |
in all respects; total; extreme. |
| testy |
easily annoyed or angered; irritable; touchy. |
| vicarious |
experienced through imagined participation in someone else's actions, sufferings, or the like. |