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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abstracted | lost in thought so as to be unaware of one's surroundings; absentminded preoccupied |
| aloof | to be distant or not friendly indifferent not interested apart |
| chagrined | feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self conscious; embarrassed |
| coarse | rough, not smooth of low or inferior quality or value |
| constraint | restriction especially of feelings and behaviors |
| cowed | frightened into submission or compliance |
| deft | quick and skillful in movement |
| dregs | sediment that has settled at the bottom of a liquid |
| gaudy | too fancy and bright to be in good taste |
| haughtily | arrogantly with too much pride |
| irksome | causing annoyance, weariness or vexation tedious |
| nondescript | lacking distinct or individual characteristics dull and uninteresting |
| regal | characteristic of or like royalty; magnificent |
| reproof | reduce; censure; to speak to in disapproval |
| shrew | a scolding nagging bad tempered women |
| tremulous | quivering as from weakness or fear trembling |
| unseemly | inappropriate to the time or place; not proper; becoming , or in good taste. |
| wan | become pale and sickly |
| wistfully | longingly; in a wishful manner |
| wraith | the ghost or shadow of a living person seen usually just before |