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- Alacrity
- promptness in response, cheerful readiness
- Aloof
- removed or distant either physically or emotionally
- Apathy
- the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
- Chasten
- correct by punishment or discipline
- Dilatory
- tending to delay or procrastinate
- Equanimity
- steadiness of mind under stress
- Fastidious
- giving and careful attention to detail
- Haughty
- having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
- Ignoble
- not of the nobility
- Lament
- a cry of sorrow and grief
- Perdition
- damnation; ruin; hell
- Prattle
- idle or foolish and irrelevant talk
- Recant
- to withdraw or to repudiate a statement or belief, revoke
- Reprobate
- express strong disapproval of
- Respite
- a pause from doing something (as work)
- Misanthrope
- someone who dislikes people in general
- Peevish
- cross, complaining, irritable; contrary
- Stalwart
- one who supports a cause with firm partisanship
- Morose
- Having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable
- Parry
- (v.) to ward off, fend off, deflect, evade, avoid; (n.) a defensive movement in fencing and other sports
- Laconic
- using few words
- Sagacious
- acutely insightful and wise
- Austere
- of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
- Taciturn
- habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little
- Malign
- to speak evil of, slander; evil
- Virulent
- extremely poisonous or injurious
- Obviate
- prevent the occurrence of
- Vapid
- lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest
- Belie
- represent falsely
- Vociferous
- loud and noisy; compelling attention