| Term | Definition |
|---|
| mealymouthed | hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy; "a mealymouthed politician" |
| miser | One who lives very meagerly in order to hoard money. A greed or avaricious person |
| fickle | Characterized by erratic changeableness or instability, especially with regard to affections or attachments; capricious. |
| pragmatic | Dealing or concerned with facts or actual occurrences; practical. |
| harbinger | signal of what is to come; forerunner |
| prevaricate | to stray from the truth |
| lackadaisical | lacking spirit, liveliness |
| nefarious | infamous for being extremely wicked |
| corrigible | capable of being corrected, reformed, and improved |
| begrudge | to envy the possession/enjoyment of |
| bilk | to defraud, swindle, cheat, avoid payment |
| occlude | to cause to become close, block the passage of |
| amelioration | to improve |
| cavil | to find fault unnecessarily; bring forth trivial objection |
| recalcitrant | marked by stubbornness, defiance to authority |
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