| fatuously | In a silly, light-hearted manner |
| complacent | self-satisfied |
| lucent | giving off light |
| luminous | giving off self-generated light |
| titular | in title only |
| eminent | standing-out; obvious, grand |
| restiveness | fidgeting, uneasiness |
| vitality | lively and animated; vim; life; vigor |
| truculent | cruel, savage, aggressive self-assertion; ferociousness |
| languid | listless, weak |
| accoutrements | accessories |
| morosely | gloomy and sullen from jealousy |
| derelict | abandoned thing |
| specter | ghost-like object |
| vehemence | with intense emotion |
| imperiously | commanding |
| exhortation | encouragement; an urgent appeal |
| nebulous | vague, indistinct |
| coveted | wished for excessively |
| goaded | to urge; to drive |
| saunter | to walk at a leisurely pace; to stroll; at ease |
| sardonically | sarcasm intended to demean; cynically; disdainfully |
| belligerently | state of hostility or war; agressiveness |
| comportment | in a manner fit to the situation; demeanor |
| aloof | physically and emotionally distant; indifferent |