List 2

• Ambivalent - having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone
• Assert - state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully
• Characterize - describe the distinctive nature or features of
• Corroborate - confirm or give support to (a statement, theory, or finding)
• Elucidate - make (something) clear; explain
• Epigram - a pithy saying or remark expressing an idea in a clever and amusing way
• Impartial - treating all rivals or disputants equally; fair and just
• Jovial - cheerful and friendly; jolly
• pretentious - attempting to impress by affecting greater importance, talent, culture, etc., than is actually possessed.
• vexed - annoyed, frustrated, or worried