Rules & Refusals
Failing to take proper care in doing something; careless or remiss.
negligent
To reveal the presence of a quality or feeling, or to show clearly.
evince
To prevent something considered wrong or undesirable from succeeding or being accomplished.
foil
Match or surpass a person or achievement, typically by imitation.
emulate
Approval, praise, or official commendation.
Approbation
A judicial order restraining a person from beginning or continuing a specific action.
injunction
To yearn to possess or have something belonging to another.
covet
A short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct
maxim
Showing great care, attention, and effort in one's work or duties.
assiduous
To agree, yield, or assent to a demand, request, or position.
Accede
Necessary for someone as a duty or responsibility; currently holding office.
incumbent
To split or sever something along a natural line, or to stick fast/adhere to something.
cleave
Optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation.
sanguine
An indication or hint; an indirect suggestion.
intimation
To attribute or ascribe a fault, crime, or action to someone else.
Impute
An official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority.
edict
To deliver or assign to someone else's custody, or to send to an unpleasant place.
consign
Sedate, respectable, and unadventurous; serious or quiet in character.
staid
Characterized by severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence.
ascetic
To restrain, chain, or restrict someone
Fetter
To cease resisting an opponent or an unwelcome demand; to surrender.
capitulate
To make a doubt, feeling, or belief disappear.
dispel
To charm or enchant someone, sometimes in a deceptive way.
beguile
The making of false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation.
calumny
To strongly encourage, urge, or advise someone to do something.
Exhort