assured (adj.)
- arrogant
- ascertained
- aspiring
- attested
- balanced
- believing
- betrothed
- bound
- certain
- certified
- clear-cut
- cocksure
- collected
- committed
- composed
- compromised
- confident
- contracted
- convinced
- cool
- covered
- decided
- definite
- determinate
- determined
- devout
- dogmatic
- engaged
- equanimous
- established
- expectant
- faithful
- fixed
- fond
- game
- guaranteed
- hopeful
- imperturbable
- insured
- intended
- levelheaded
- obligated
- open-and-shut
- overconfident
- overweening
- persuaded
- pietistic
- pious
- pistic
- pledged
- plucky
- poised
- pompous
- positive
- promised
- pronounced
- proud
- proved
- reassured
- resolute
- sanguine
- satisfied
- secure
- secured
- self-assured
- self-confident
- self-important
- self-possessed
- self-reliant
- set
- settled
- spunky
- stated
- sure
- sworn
- tested
- together
- tried
- unafraid
- unfaltering
- unflappable
- unhesitating
- unruffled
- unwavering
- warranted
- well-balanced
But man, proud man,
Drest in a little brief authority,
Most ignorant of what he's most assured,
His glassy essence, like an angry ape,
Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven
As make the angels weep.
