aplang set 4

Alienated

removed or disassociated from (friends, family, or homeland)

Alleviate

to ease a pain or burden

Archetype

a perfect example; an original pattern or model

Auspicious

accompanied by favorable circumstances

Benign

kind and gentle

Capricious

impulsive and unpredictable

Conviction

a fixed or strong belief

Debunk

to expose the falseness of

Deleterious

having a harmful effect

Disdain

to regard or treat with contempt; to look down on

Disingenuous

not straightforward; crafty

Disparate

fundamentally distinct or different

Emollient

softening and soothing

Equivocate

to avoid making a definite statement

Exculpate

to keep from guilt or blame

Fabricated

made; concocted in order to deceive

Inevitable

certain to happen; unavoidable

Milk

to draw or extract profit or advantage from

Mitigate

to make less severe or painful

Mollify

to calm or soothe

Objectivity

treating facts without influences from personal feelings or prejudices

Proliferate

to grow or increase rapidly

Punctilious

strictly attentive to minute details; picky

Recalcitrant

defiant of authority; stubborn; not easily managed

Sanction

to give official authorization or approval to

Spurious

not genuine; false

Substantiated

supported with proof or evidence; verified

Superficial

concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow

Tenacity

persistent adherence to a belief or a point of view