| diffidently | timidly |
| myopia | nearsightedness |
| glower | to look or stare with anger & annoyance |
| parry | to avoid or to deflect |
| acrid | a harsh or unpleasant taste or smell |
| tumult | commotion of a crowd, loud voices |
| vicissitude | a change (unexpected) |
| errant | wandering away from |
| furtive | secretive |
| jeer | to mock, abuse verbally, taunt |
| immured | confined within; imprisoned |
| digit | a human finger or toe |
| bastion | a fortress |
| hiatus | a break or gap in time; a pause |
| incredulity | disbelief |
| myriad | having a very large number; indefinite number |
| festoon | a string/garland suspended between two points; draped over |
| talisman | an object to keep evil away *or* bring luck |
| leviathon | a huge beast |
| inscrutable | difficult to understand |