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pride/prideful the quality of having an excessively high opinion of oneself or one's importance.
hubris overbearing pride or arrogance (Greek for "excessive pride")
humility/humble a modest view of one’s own importance; seeing oneself as on the same level as others; from the Latin humus, which means “ground”
prejudice(d) a preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience. If you literally break the word down, it means to "pre-judge" someone.
caprice/capricious impulsive, frequent mind changer
unaffected genuine, natural, “real”
affected behaving artificially to impress others
amiable friendly, agreeable, good-natured
fastidious attentive to details of proper behavior/etiquette, difficult to please
ostentation/ostentatious pretentious display meant to impress others, showy
ductile easily molded or shaped; capable of being persuaded, influenced
supercilious feeling or showing haughty disdain (comes from Latin, meaning "lower eyelid")
pedantic narrow, often pretentious concern for book learning and rules
laconic marked by the use of few words, concise, brief
obsequious obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree, fawning behavior
sycophant/sycophancy a person who attempts to gain advantage by flattering influential people
insolent showing an audaciously rude and arrogant lack of respect.
Tractable Easy to control, often an older person controlling/steering a younger person in a certain direction
Officious Intrusively passionate in offering help or advice, often in an interfering/domineering/overbearing way
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