| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Stupor | a condition of greatly dulled senses often as a result of stress or shock |
| Erratic | unstable |
| Indictment | any charge or accusation, serious criticism, or cause for blame |
| Indifference | unconcern, apathy |
| Vindicated | cleared of accusation, blame, suspicion or doubt |
| Unobtrusive | to do something in a manner that is unnoticeable or not in the way |
| Tentative | not definite, subject to change |
| Furtive | sly; shifty, sneaky |
| Futile | incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful |
| Heathenism | barbaric morals or behavior |
| Forlorn | desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable; as in feeling, condition, or appearance |
| Dejection | lowness in spirits; sadness; depression |
| Insinuate | to suggest or hint slyly; to edge into something indirectly |
| Conquette | a women who flirts lightheartedly with men to win their admiration and affection |
| Eccentric | characterized by odd or peculiar behavior |
| Prim | formally precise or proper; stiffly neat |
| Cliche | 1. a trite, overused expression 2. Characterized by being trite or stereotyped |
| Plaintive | expressing sorrow or melancholy; mournful |
| Implore | to beg urgently |
| Presumably | by assuming reasonably; probably |
| Rebuffs | to reject bluntly or abruptly |
| Nonplussed | filled with bewilderment |
| Exuberance | 1. joyful enthusiasm 2. An overflowing quantity |
| Amiable | having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities |
| Facetious | not meant to be taken seriously or literally |
| Ludicrous | causing laughter because of absurdity |
| Ominous | foreshadowing evil or harm |
| Flippant | frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness |
| Wrought | formed, made |
| Precarious | dependent on circumstances beyond one's control |
| Epitaph | a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at that site |
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