| Term | Definition |
| mercurial | changing unpredictably, fickle |
| monotony | sameness |
| ominous | threatening |
| petty | small and insignificant |
| philanderer | one who engages in love affairs lightly or insincerely |
| pompous | exaggerated show of dignity or self-importance, bombastic |
| raucous | loud and boisterous, harsh, disorderly |
| repress | to restrain, to hold back |
| reproach | to blame for something; a disgrace |
| reserve | self-restraint |
| seethe | to boil, to be agitated |
| stolid | showing little emotion |
| summon | to call together, to send for or to request to appear |
| transparent | quality of being able to be seen through, clear |
| trepidation | fear, trembling, agitation |
| turbulence | wild or disturbing activity |
| unnerve | to cause to lose composure |
| utter | to express by speaking |
| wilt | to become limp; to droop or weaken |