| A | B |
|---|
| decorous | proper; marked by good taste |
| equanimity | the quality of being calm and even-tempered; composure |
| modest | quiet or humble in manner or appearance |
| propriety | appropriateness of behavior |
| prudent | exercising good judgment or common sense |
| serene | calm |
| staid | unemotional; serious |
| stoic | indifferent to pleasure or pain; impassive |
| condemn | to express strong disapproval of; denounce |
| discredit | to cause to be doubted |
| disparage | to speak of in a slighting way or negatively; to belittle |
| pejorative | describing words or phrases that belittle or speak negatively of someone |
| plagiarism | the act of passing off the ideas or writing of another as one's own |
| vilify | to make vicious statements about |
| brusque | rudely abrupt |
| caustic | bitingly sarcastic or witty |
| fractious | quarrelsome; unruly |
| incorrigible | unable to be reformed |
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| insolent | insulting in manner or speech |
| notorious | known widely and usually unfavorably; infamous |
| pugnacious | combative;belligerent |
| reprehensible | worthy of blame |
