What does dispassionate mean?

• mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation.

• not influenced by strong emotion, and so able to be rational and impartial.

• a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand

• not showing a serious or respectful attitude

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What does enigma mean?

• a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand

• not showing a serious or respectful attitude

• not influenced by strong emotion, and so able to be rational and impartial.

• mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation.

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What is equanimity?

• not influenced by strong emotion, and so able to be rational and impartial.

• not showing a serious or respectful attitude

• two parallel statements that mean the same thing.

• mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation.

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What does flippant mean?

• not showing a serious or respectful attitude

• mental calmness, composure, and evenness of temper, especially in a difficult situation.

• a person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand

• not influenced by strong emotion, and so able to be rational and impartial.

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What does incite mean?

• a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past,

• brilliantly and excitingly clever or skillful

• urge or persuade to act in a violent or unlawful way.

• making a show of being morally superior to other people

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What does nostalgia mean?

• urge or persuade (someone) to act in a violent or unlawful way.

• brilliantly and excitingly clever or skillful

• making a show of being morally superior to other people

• a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past,

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What does Scintillating mean?

• brilliantly and excitingly clever or skillful

• urge or persuade (someone) to act in a violent or unlawful way.

• a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past,

• making a show of being morally superior to other people

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What does Sanctimonious mean?

• urge or persuade (someone) to act in a violent or unlawful way.

• a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past,

• brilliantly and excitingly clever or skillful

• making a show of being morally superior to other people.

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What does odious mean?

• having the style or diction of prose; lacking poetic beauty.

• Free of interruption

• a person used by others for their own purposes

• extremely unpleasant; repulsive

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What does vacillation mean?

• the inability to decide between different opinions or actions; indecision.

• giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen;

• extremely unpleasant; repulsive.

• a person used by others for their own purposes

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