Stunt Answer: to hinder the normal growth, development, or progress of
Reconcile Answer: to cause people or groups to become friendly again after an argument or
disagreement
Prodded Answer: to thrust a pointed instrument into
Chided Answer: to express mild disapproval of (someone) : to scold (someone) gently
Banal Answer: boring, uninteresting
Digression Answer: the act of to speaking or writing about something that is different from the main
subject being discussed
Benign Answer: of gentle disposition, gracious
Cantankerous Answer: often angry and annoyed
Reticent Answer: inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech, reserved
Bellicose Answer: showing tendency to fight
,Complacent Answer: satisfied with how things are and not wanting to change them
Deferential Answer: showing respect for someone/something
Sanctimonious Answer: pretending to be morally better than other people
Unrelenting Answer: not slowing down, stopping, or growing weaker
Deterrent Answer: serving to prevent something from happening or prevent people from doing
something
Panacea Answer: something that will make everything about a situation better
Provocation Answer: an action or occurrence that causes someone to become angry or to begin to
do something
Mitigate Answer: to make (something) less severe, harmful, or painful
Conducive Answer: making it easy, possible, or likely for something to happen or exist
Bereft Answer: deprived or robbed of the presence of something
Miscreants Answer: a person who does something that is illegal or morally wrong
Anomaly Answer: something that is unusual or unexpected : something anomalous
, Tacit Answer: expressed or understood without being directly stated
Impetuous Answer: acting or done quickly and without thought : controlled by emotion rather than
thought
Regal Answer: of, relating to, or suitable for a king or queen
Dispel Answer: to make something end or go away
Levity Answer: lack of seriousness
Haughty Answer: showing the attitude of someone who thinks they are better than everyone else
Impudent Answer: rude
Insolent Answer: rude
Presumptuous Answer: too confident especially in a way that is rude : done or made without
permission, right, or good reason
Loquacious Answer: wordy, full of excessive talk
Reverential Answer: showing respect
Contemptuous Answer: showing/feeling deep hatred/disapproval
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