arken, hush, list, listen.

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CALM.

Synonyms:

collected, imperturbable, sedate, still,
composed, peaceful, self-possessed, tranquil,
cool, placid, serene, undisturbed,
dispassionate, quiet, smooth, unruffled.

That is _calm_ which is free from disturbance or agitation; in the
physical sense, free from violent motion or action; in the mental or
spiritual realm, free from excited or disturbing emotion or passion. We
speak of a _calm_ sea, a _placid_ lake, a _serene_ sky, a _still_ night,
a _quiet_ day, a _quiet_ home. We speak, also, of "_still_ waters,"
"_smooth_ sailing," which are different modes of expressing freedom from
manifest agitation. Of mental conditions, one is _calm_ who triumphs
over a tendency to excitement; _cool_, if he scarcely feels the
tendency. One may be _calm_ by the very reaction from excitement, or by
the oppression of overpowering emotion, as we speak of the calmness of
despair. One is _composed_ who has subdued excited feeling; he is
_collected_ when he has every thought, feeling, or perception awake and
at command. _Tranquil_ refers to a present state, _placid_, to a
prevailing tendency. We speak of a _tranquil_ mind, a _placid_
disposition. The _serene_ spirit dwells as if in the clear upper air,
above all storm and shadow.

The star of the unconquered will,
He rises in my breast,
_Serene_, and resolute, and _still_,
And _calm_, and _self-possessed_.

LONGFELLOW _Light of Stars_ st. 7.

Antonyms:

agitated, excited, frenzied, passionate, ruffled, violent,
boisterous, fierce, furious, raging, stormy, wild,
disturbed, frantic, heated, roused, turbulent, wrathful.

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CANCEL.

Synonyms:

abolish, discharge, nullify, rescind,
abrogate, efface, obliterate, revoke,
annul, erase, quash, rub off _or_ out,
blot out, expunge, remove, scratch out,
cross off _or_ out, make void, repeal, vacate.

_Cancel_, _efface_, _erase_, _expunge_, and _obliterate_ have as their
first meaning the removal of written characters or other forms of
record. To _cancel_ is, literally, to make a lattice by cross-lines,
exactly our English _cross out_; to _effac