HPAT vocabulary
Scornful
Feeling or expressing contempt or derision
Contempt
The feeling that a person or thing is worthless/beneath consideration
Derision
Contemptuous ridicule or mockery
Exuberant
Full of energy/excitement
Assertive
Having or showing a confident/forceful personality
Managing
Having executive control or authority
Curt
Rudely brief
Moral
Concerned with the principles of right and wrong behaviour
Caress
Verb: To touch or stroke gently/lovingly
Noun: A gentle/loving touch
Repress
To subdue a person or thing by force
Subdue
Overcome/quieten/bring under control
Alleviate
Make suffering/deficiency/a problem less severe
Calculating
Acting in a scheming and ruthless determined way
Resilient
, Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions
Evasive
Tending to avoid commitment or self revelation, especially by responding only indirectly
Self-revelation
Disclosure of ones private feelings, thoughts, etc.
Permutation
The act of arranging all the members of a set into some sequence or order, or,
if the set is already ordered; rearranging/reordering its elements - permuting
Prevail
Prove more powerful or superior
Superimpose
Place or lay (one thing) over another, typically so that both are still evident
Apprehensive
Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen
Prevail
Prove more powerful or superior
Superimpose
Place or lay (one thing) over another, typically so that both are still evident
Affable
Friendly
Good natured
Easy to talk to
Aglow
Glowing
Ailing
To cause pain or trouble
To suffer bad health
Alienated
Feeling isolated or estranged
Scornful
Feeling or expressing contempt or derision
Contempt
The feeling that a person or thing is worthless/beneath consideration
Derision
Contemptuous ridicule or mockery
Exuberant
Full of energy/excitement
Assertive
Having or showing a confident/forceful personality
Managing
Having executive control or authority
Curt
Rudely brief
Moral
Concerned with the principles of right and wrong behaviour
Caress
Verb: To touch or stroke gently/lovingly
Noun: A gentle/loving touch
Repress
To subdue a person or thing by force
Subdue
Overcome/quieten/bring under control
Alleviate
Make suffering/deficiency/a problem less severe
Calculating
Acting in a scheming and ruthless determined way
Resilient
, Able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions
Evasive
Tending to avoid commitment or self revelation, especially by responding only indirectly
Self-revelation
Disclosure of ones private feelings, thoughts, etc.
Permutation
The act of arranging all the members of a set into some sequence or order, or,
if the set is already ordered; rearranging/reordering its elements - permuting
Prevail
Prove more powerful or superior
Superimpose
Place or lay (one thing) over another, typically so that both are still evident
Apprehensive
Anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen
Prevail
Prove more powerful or superior
Superimpose
Place or lay (one thing) over another, typically so that both are still evident
Affable
Friendly
Good natured
Easy to talk to
Aglow
Glowing
Ailing
To cause pain or trouble
To suffer bad health
Alienated
Feeling isolated or estranged
