complaisant
adjectiveWilling to please others or accommodate their wishes.
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Clear all filtersWilling to please others or accommodate their wishes.
The quality of having many connected parts or considerations.
Willing to follow instructions or meeting stated requirements.
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Willing to follow directions
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Calm and in control of one's outward emotions.
Calm under pressure
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Calm control of one's feelings or behavior.
To grasp the meaning, nature, or significance of something.
Covering the important parts of a subject thoroughly.
Broad and thorough
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Driven by an urge that is difficult to resist.
Required rather than optional, usually by a rule or authority.
An uneasy feeling of guilt or moral hesitation.
To admit a point or yield something after resistance.
Admit or yield
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Having an excessively favorable opinion of one's own ability or importance.
Excessively self-admiring
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Sharing a common center.
To reduce hostility and gain goodwill by persuasion or resolving differences.
Intended to reduce hostility or restore goodwill.
Expressing the needed information in few words.
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Clear in few words
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Strong enough to settle a question or remove reasonable doubt.
Occurring together with another event or condition.
Showing a sense of superiority while appearing to be helpful or polite.
Depending on a requirement, circumstance, or event being satisfied.
Depending on a requirement
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To accept or allow conduct despite recognizing it as wrong.
Helping to bring about or support a desired result.
Helping a result occur
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A person or group joined with another for a shared purpose.
To consult or discuss with others.
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