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term | definition | derivatives |
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magnanimous | adjective - generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness: to be magnanimous toward one's enemies. | magnanimously, adverb |
munificent | –adjective 1. extremely liberal in giving; very generous. | munificence, munificentness, noun munificently, adverb |
affable | adjective - pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite: an affable and courteous gentleman | affability, affableness, noun affably, adverb |
amiable | adjective - having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; friendly; sociable; | amiability, amiableness, noun amiably, adverb |
conciliatory | anjective - tending to make or to overcome the distrust or animosity of; actions used to regain or try to regain (friendship or goodwill) by pleasant behavior. | conciliatorily, adverb conciliatoriness, noun conciliate, conciliated, verb |
hierarchy | noun a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system | hierarchies, plural noun; hierarchical, adj |
linchpin | noun - something that holds seperate things together | sometimes spelled lynchpin |
weather | verb- to withstand or survive a situation | weathered , adj.; weatherer, noun |
inclement | adj. - stormy, showing no mercy, severe | inclemency, inclementness, noun |
jubilant | adjective showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; | jubilance, jubilancy, noun |
alleviate | To make (pain, for example) more bearable | alleviation n., alleviator n. |