abashed

adj

Ashamed and ill at ease, self-conscious, disconcerted

badinage

n

Playful, teasing talk; banter

cacophony

n

Harsh, jarring sound; dissonance

dalliance

n

An act of flirting, toying, trifling

ebullient

adj

Overflowing with enthusiasm and high spirits; enthusiastic; exuberant

facile

adj

Not hard to do or achieve; easy; using or showing little effort and not sincere or profound

garrulous

adj

Talking much or too much, especially about unimportant things

hackneyed

adj

Made trite and commonplace by overuse

iconoclast

n

A person who attacks or ridicules traditional or venerated institutions or ideas

laconic

adj

Using few words; brief or terse in speech or expression

maladroit

adj

Awkward; clumsy

nadir

n

Lowest point; time of greatest depression or rejection

obdurate

adj

Not easily moved to pity or sympathy; hardhearted

paean

n

A song of joy, triumph, praise

rancor

n

Continuing bitter hate or ill will; deep spite or malice

sagacity

n

Penetrating intelligence and sound judgment

taciturn

adj

Almost always silent; not liking to talk

ubiquitous

adj

Present, or seeming to be present, everywhere at the same time

vacillate

v

To show indecision; waver in mind; fluctuate

waft

v

To float, as on the wind; to blow gently