When you don’t cause the problem—but your silence quietly helps it grow—this word describes your role.
What is complicity?
The act of making something better by trimming the excess, not starting over.
What is refinement?
The ability to stay seated and focused long enough to actually get work done.
What is Sitzfleisch?
A special advantage you didn’t necessarily earn—but still benefit from.
What is Privilege?
A perfect world
What is utopia?
A cold, lasting kind of hatred—less shouting, more simmering.
What is enmity?
A severe test or challenge where endurance matters more than elegance.
What is gauntlet?
The act of turning your attention inward and examining your own thoughts and feelings.
What is introspective?
The act of making up for wrongdoing through sincere effort or sacrifice.
What is atonement?
When something can mean multiple things and refuses to pick a lane.
What is ambiguity?
This word names the gap when two things should match… but clearly don’t.
What is disparity?
To make something louder, stronger, or more intense—physically or emotionally.
What is amplify?
To deeply want something just out of reach.
What is yearn?
The act of making up for wrongdoing through sincere effort or sacrifice.
What is atonement?
The logical explanation behind a decision—even if you disagree with it.
What is rationale?
The calm you keep when chaos is tap-dancing around you, and you refuse to join the rhythm.
What is equanimity?
To change something into a completely different form, like ideas into action.
What is transmute?
So powerful or beautiful that words wave a white flag and surrender.
What is ineffable?
Close observation, often done quietly and with a suspicious amount of cameras.
What is surveillance?
When something can mean multiple things and refuses to pick a lane.
What is ambiguity?
When someone assumes people are motivated by selfishness first—and cupcakes second.
What is Cynical?
A major cause of something else...
What is catalyst?
To go back and forth so much that even your own brain gets dizzy.
What is vacillate?
A situation that’s messy, complicated, and only gets worse the more you struggle.
What is quagmire?
A happy accident that feels like the universe briefly smiled at you.
What is serendipity?