| appease |
to cause to become calmer by meeting demands. |
| audacity |
courage or boldness often combined with daring or recklessness. |
| compassion |
a feeling of sharing another's suffering that leads to a desire to help. |
| contemptuous |
feeling or expressing angry disgust, as at something unworthy or wicked; scornful. |
| convulsion |
a violent, involuntary contraction of the muscles. |
| evanescent |
tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing; fleeting. |
| iconoclast |
one who attacks and seeks to break down traditional beliefs and institutions or popular ideas and values. |
| moot |
not clearly settled; arguable; debatable. |
| ramify |
to have or produce effects or consequences that make some original matter more complex. |
| soluble |
able to be dissolved. |
| stagnate |
to be or become motionless, fouled, or lacking in energy, originality, or development. |
| stoic |
showing little or no reaction to painful or pleasant experiences; unmoved; impassive. |
| titular |
having a title but none of the power or responsibility related to it; nominal. |
| undaunted |
not discouraged; not giving up even though something is difficult or frightening. |
| vacuous |
characterized by lack of intelligence or serious intent; devoid of ideas or emotion. |