1. characteristic; typical - **Quintessential**
2. harmful in a way that may be hard to detect - **Insidious**
3. those in favor of multicultural and ethnic diversity - **Ethicists**
4. to turn against an idea or action - **Dissuade**
5. wised-up; not naïve - **Enlightened**
6. unchangeable - **Irrevocable**