| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| berate |
to reproach or scold severely. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
| fixation |
an obsession, especially one that interferes with normal functioning. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| indulgent |
gratifying, or being inclined to gratify or yield to others' wishes, especially rather than enforcing discipline or strictness. |
| lapidary |
an expert on or dealer in gemstones. |
| lenitive |
mitigating pain, discomfort, or distress; soothing. |
| nonpareil |
a person or thing whose excellence is unequaled; paragon. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |