When giant cell arteritis is diagnosed and treated early, the prognosis is usually excellent. Your symptoms will likely improve quickly after beginning corticosteroid treatment, and your vision isn't likely to be affected. Your greatest challenge in this case may be coping with any side effects of your medication.
Civilized is the closest to being the opposite of Barbarian. The opposite would be a Roman. The people of the Roman Empire called outsiders barbarians. As barbarian is a term meaning loosely: people whose culture is different from our own..
liberal is opposite of authoritarian. Kinda like republican is the opposite of democrat. At least in the classical sense. Now the word liberal means many different things to different people, it can even mean socialism, even though classic liberals were VERY against any type of socialism. So its kind of hard to answer your question.