Hof Vocab Review

Goodwill, kindness, and a desire to promote the well-being and happiness of others

• introvert

• benevolent

• cynical

• refuge

Someone who is firm, unyielding, or resolute in their opinions, decisions, or beliefs

• berate

• gregarious

• adamant

• competent

Excessively high opinion of themselves, often accompanied by an 

exaggerated sense of one's own importance, beauty, intelligence, or achievements

• conceited

• introvert

• refugee

• resilient

Something extremely bad, terrible, or of very low quality

• gregarious

• expedite

• benevolent

• abysmal

Attitude or belief that individuals or human motives are primarily driven by self-interest, skepticism, and negativity.

• introvert

• ostracize

• cynical

• conceited

To exclude, reject, or deliberately ignore and avoid someone, typically from a social group or community.

• ostracize

• refugee

• gregarious

• diminish

Speed up, accelerate, or quicken a process or action.

• diminish

• expedite

• complacent

• compassion

To scold or criticize someone vehemently and at length

• competent

• expedite

• refuge

• berate

Refers to the feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for the suffering or misfortune of others

• compassion

• conceited

• ostracize

• adamant

Means to make or become less, reduce in size, intensity, importance, or value

• adamant

• expedite

• diminish

• complacent