- Aloof: Uninvovled or unwilling to become involved
- Appraise: To give an estimate of how much money something is worth
- Avert: To prevent something from occuring, especially something harmful
- Belligerent: Hostile, ready to start a fight, or ready to go to war
- Console: To be or provide a source of comfort to somebody who is distressed or disappointed
- Cringe: To react to something with embarrassment or discomfort, often showing this by physically flinching
- Disarming: Making someone feel more friendly or trusting
- Gingham: A light plain-weave fabric with checks, stripes or plaids in white and colored cotton
- Hoarse: Sounding rough; having a rough, harsh, grating voice
- Indignation: Anger or annoyance because somebody seems unfair or unreasonable
- Jarring: Startling or harsh; making or causing a harsh and irritating sound
- Jeer: To shout or laugh at somebody or something as an expression of disgust
- Liniment: A liquid such as one containing alcohol, rubbed into the skin to relieve aches or pain
- Maul: to beat, batter, or tear at a person or animal
- Meager: Unsatisfactory in quanity, substance or size
- Mottled: Spotted or blothched in coloring
- Pariah: Somebody who is despised and avoided by other people
- Querulous: Inclined to compain or find fault
- Snivel: To behave in a whining, tearful, or self-pitying way
- Sullen: Showing bad temper or hostility by a refusal to talk, behave sociably, or cooperate cheerfully