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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | charm, loveliness |
| Synonyms: | address, adroitness, agility, allure, attractiveness, balance, beauty, breeding, comeliness, consideration, cultivation, decency, decorum, dexterity, dignity, ease, elegance, etiquette, finesse, finish, form, gracefulness, lissomeness, lithesomeness, mannerliness, manners, nimbleness, pleasantness, pliancy, poise, polish, propriety, refinement, shapeliness, smoothness, style, suppleness, symmetry, tact, tastefulness |
| Antonyms: | clumsiness, ineptness, tactlessness |
| Main Entry: | moderation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | temperance |
| Synonyms: | balance, calmness, composure, constraint, coolness, dispassionateness, equanimity, fairness, forbearance, golden mean, judiciousness, justice, justness, lenity, measure, mildness, moderateness, patience, poise, quiet, reasonableness, restraint, sedateness, sedation, sobriety, steadiness, toleration |
| Antonyms: | extreme, indulgence, intemperance, intensity, outrageousness, severity, unlimitedness, violence, wildness |
| Main Entry: | patience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | capacity, willingness to endure |
| Synonyms: | backbone*, bearing, calmness, composure, constancy, cool*, diligence, endurance, equanimity, even temper, forbearance, fortitude, grit, guts*, gutsiness, heart, humility, imperturbability, intestinal fortitude, legs, leniency, long-suffering, longanimity, moderation, moxie*, nonresistance, passiveness, passivity, perseverance, persistence, poise, resignation, restraint, self-control, serenity, starch, staying power, stoicism, submission, sufferance, tolerance, toleration, yielding |
| Notes: | patience means the capacity to endure waiting, delay, or provocation without becoming angry or upset; patients are people who requires medical care |
| Antonyms: | agitation, frustration, impatience, intolerance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sit, stand in place |
| Synonyms: | arrange, model, peacock, poise, position, posture, sit for, strike a pose, strut |
| Antonyms: | go, move |
| Main Entry: | presence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | appearance, demeanor |
| Synonyms: | address, air, aspect, aura, bearing, behavior, carriage, comportment, deportment, ease, look, mien, personality, poise, port, seeming, self-assurance, set |
| Main Entry: | self-control |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | willpower over one's actions |
| Synonyms: | abstemiousness, aplomb, balance, constraint, dignity, discipline, discretion, poise, repression, reserve, restraint, reticence, self-constraint, self-discipline, self-government, sobriety, stability, stoicism, strength of character |
| Antonyms: | agitation, rashness |
| Main Entry: | sophistication |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | culture, style |
| Synonyms: | composure, elegance, finesse, poise, refinement, savoir faire, savoir vivre, social grace, tact, urbanity, worldliness, worldly wisdom |
| Antonyms: | ingenuousness, naiveté, simplicity |
| Main Entry: | stabilize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or keep in steady state; make resistant to change |
| Synonyms: | balance, ballast, bolt, brace, buttress, counterbalance, counterpoise, equalize, fasten, firm, firm up, fix, freeze*, maintain, ossify, poise, preserve, prop, secure, set, settle, stabilitate, steady, stiffen, support, sustain, uphold |
| Antonyms: | change, shake, vary, weaken, wobble |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stand |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | position, opinion |
| Synonyms: | angle, attitude, belief, carriage, determination, notion, poise, pose, sentiment, slant, sound, stance, standpoint, twist, two cents' worth, view |
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