Reticent

ret·i·cent play_w2(“R0192000″) (rt-snt)

adj.

1. Inclined to keep one’s thoughts, feelings, and personal affairs to oneself. See Synonyms at silent.

2. Restrained or reserved in style.

3. Reluctant; unwilling.

Trifle

An article or thing of very little value.

to deal lightly or without due seriousness or respect: Don’t trifle with me!

Premonition

Premonition – a feeling of anticipation of or anxiety over a future event. He had a vague premonition of danger.

Propensity

pro·pen·si·ty (pr-pns-t)
n. pl. pro·pen·si·ties
An innate inclination; a tendency. See Synonyms at predilection.

propensity

Noun

pl -ties Formal a natural tendency: his problem had always been a propensity to live beyond his means. 

A propensity to drink too much.



Specter

spec·ter (spktr)
n.
1. A ghostly apparition; a phantom.
2. A haunting or disturbing image or prospect: the terrible specter of nuclear war.

Slay

slay (sl)
tr.v. slew (sl), slain (sln), slay·ing, slays
1. To kill violently.
2. past tense and past participle often slayed Slang To overwhelm, as with laughter or love: Those old jokes still slay me.

Catharsis

A release of emotional tension, as after an overwhelming experience, that restores or refreshes the spirit.
4. Psychology
a. A technique used to relieve tension and anxiety by bringing repressed feelings and fears to consciousness.
b. The therapeutic result of this process; abreaction.

Ambivalence

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n.

1. The coexistence of opposing attitudes or feelings, such as love and hate, toward a person, object, or idea.

2. Uncertainty or indecisiveness as to which course to follow.

Fledgling

fledg·ling also fledge·ling (fljlng) n. 1. A young bird that has recently acquired its flight feathers. 2. A young or inexperienced person. adj. New and untried or inexperienced: a fledgling enterprise.

Minutia

mi·nu·ti·a (m-nsh-, -sh, -ny-) n. pl. mi·nu·ti·ae (-sh-) A small or trivial detail:

eg:- It’s long on details, short on minutiae.