| Term | Definition |
|---|
| dither | to be indecisive |
| teeter | Hesitate |
| antithetic | hostile |
| churlish | rude and boorish |
| curmudgeon | grouch |
| irascible | Prone to anger. |
| truculent | aggressively hostile |
| tyro | novice |
| dissemble | disguise, pretend |
| fulsome | 1. Offensively flattering or insincere. 2. Offensive to the taste or sensibilities. |
| unctious | oily, bland, insincerely suave |
| descry | discern; detect. |
| lackadaisical | lazy listless |
| phlegmatic | calm, sluggish temperament; unemotional |
| amulet | charm; talisman; an object worn believed to protect against evil, bad luck |
| kismet | Fate; fortune |
| portentious | foreshadowing, foretelling evil |
| propitiate | appease |
| providential | peculiarly fortunate or appropriate |
| cavil | raise trivial objections, an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections |
| belabor | explain excessively, assail verbally |
| enjoin | command; order; forbid |
| hector | be bossy towards |
| remonstrate | argue in protest or opposition |
| reproof | criticism for a fault |
| askance | With a side or indirect glance or meaning. |
| careen | walk as if unable to control one's movements |
| carom | To strike and rebound |
| meander | a curve in a stream |
| oblique | indirect; slanting (deviating from the perpendicular or from a straight line); Ex. oblique reference |
| sidle | move sideways |
| undulating | moving in waves |
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