HPAT vocabulary

HPAT vocabulary Scornful Feeling or expressing contempt or derision Contempt The feeling that a person or thing is worthless/beneath consideration Derision Contemptuous ridicule or mockery Exuberant Full of energy/excitement Assertive Having or showing a confident/forceful personality Managing Having executive control or authority Curt Rudely brief Moral Concerned with the principles of right and wrong behaviour Caress Verb: To touch or stroke gently/lovingly Noun: A gentle/loving touch Repress To subdue a person or thing by force Subdue Overcome/quieten/bring under control Alleviate Make suffering/deficiency/a problem less severe Calculating Acting in a scheming and ruthless determined way Resilient Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions Evasive Tending to avoid commitment or self revelation, especially by responding only indirectly Self-revelation Disclosure of ones private feelings, thoughts, etc. Permutation The act of arranging all the members of a set into some sequence or order, or, if the set is already ordered; rearranging/reordering its elements - permuting Prevail Prove more powerful or superior Superimpose Place or lay (one thing) over another, typically so that both are still evident Apprehensive Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen Prevail Prove more powerful or superior Superimpose Place or lay (one thing) over another, typically so that both are still evident Affable Friendly Good natured Easy to talk to Aglow Glowing Ailing To cause pain or trouble To suffer bad health Alienated Feeling isolated or estranged Amiable Having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner Amicable Having a spirit of friendliness Ardent Enthusiastic Passionate Caring Blithe Carefree Happy Light-hearted Buoyant Happy Confident Cherishing Protecting and caring for someone lovingly Compassionate Feeling or showing sympathy and concern for others Exacerbate To make (a problem, bad situation, negative feeling) worse Ostensibly As appears or is stated to be true, though not necessarily so; apparently Profusely To a great degree; in large amounts. Apathetic Showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern. Viable Capable of working successfully; feasible Crestfallen Sad and disappointed; shamed and humiliated Dejected Sad and disappointed; dispirited Demoralised Loss of confidence or morale; dispirited Despairing To be without hope Desolate Lonely or unhappy Despondent In low spirits from loss of hope or courage Dismal Feeling gloomy; depressing or dreary Disquieted Worried or nervous Doting To be extremely and uncritically fond of someone Morale The confidence, enthusiasm and discipline of a person or group at a particular time Confidence, self-confidence, self-esteem Downcast Unhappy, dejected, low confidence and hope Jubilant Feeling or expressing great happiness and triumph Pensive Engaged in, involving, or reflecting deep or serious thought Vexed Annoyed, frustrated or worried Dubious Hesitating or doubting Wry Using or expressing dry, especially mocking humour Approbation Approval or praise Paternalism The policy or practice on the part of people in authority of restricting the freedom and responsibilities of those subordinate to or otherwise dependent on them in their supposed interest. Placate