You get an "A" for Effort
More A's is always a good thing
B lister
Not a C student
C is not average
100

To become less in amount or intensity

abate

100

a shelter from danger or hardship

asylum

100

a partiality preventing objective consideration of an issue

bias

100

large in the amount that can be contained

capacious 

100

a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering

compassion

200

refrain from doing, consuming, or partaking in something

abstain

200

lacking sufficient water or rainfall

arid

200

full of rough and exuberant animal spirits

boisterous

200

surrender under agreed conditions

capitulate 

200

work together on a common enterprise or project

collaborate

300

 To give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors

abdicate

300

characterized by friendship and good will

amicable

300

showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding

benevolent

300

showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others

canny

300

an accommodation in which both sides make concessions

compromise

400

a state or condition markedly different from the norm

aberration

400

characterized by an appreciation of beauty or good taste

aesthetic 

400

unrestrained by convention or propriety

brazen

400

characteristic of those who treat others with arrogance

condescending

400

imposing or depending on or containing an assumption

conditional

500

a state of misfortune or affliction

adversity

500

chronologically misplaced

anachronistic

500

rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner

brusque

500

the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability

camaraderie 

500

someone who can perceive things not present to the senses

clairvoyant