Skittish

skit·tish play_w2(“S0455600″) (sktsh)

adj.

1. Moving quickly and lightly; lively.

2. Restlessly active or nervous; restive.

3. Undependably variable; mercurial or fickle.

4. Shy; bashful.

eg:- The fund expects annual volatility as high as 18 percent, and in many cases penalizes investors for exiting in the first six years, cushioning it from skittish investor movement.

Fickle

fick·le (fkl) adj. Characterized by erratic changeableness or instability, especially with regard to affections or attachments; capricious.

Ponder

pon·der (pndr)

v. pon·dered, pon·der·ing, pon·ders

v.tr.

To weigh in the mind with thoroughness and care.

v.intr.

To reflect or consider with thoroughness and care.

Tyrant

ty·rant (trnt)
n.
1. An absolute ruler who governs without restrictions.
2. A ruler who exercises power in a harsh, cruel manner.
3. An oppressive, harsh, arbitrary person.

Wield

wield (wld) tr.v. wield·ed, wield·ing, wields 1. To handle (a weapon or tool, for example) with skill and ease. 2. To exercise (authority or influence, for example) effectively. See Synonyms at handle.

Frenzy

fren·zy (frnz) n. pl. fren·zies 1. A state of violent mental agitation or wild excitement. 2. Temporary madness or delirium. 3. A mania; a craze. tr.v. fren·zied, fren·zy·ing, fren·zies To drive into a frenzy.

Presumptuous

pre·sump·tu·ous play_w2(“P0545700″) (pr-zmpch-s)

adj.

Going beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward.

Ghastly

ghast·ly (gstl) adj. ghast·li·er, ghast·li·est 1. Inspiring shock, revulsion, or horror by or as if by suggesting death; terrifying: a ghastly murder. 2. Suggestive of or resembling ghosts. 3. Extremely unpleasant or bad: “in the most abominable passage of his ghastly little book” Conor Cruise O’Brien. 4. Very serious or great: a ghastly error.

Coax

coax

v. coaxed, coax·ing, coax·es

v.tr.

1. To persuade or try to persuade by pleading or flattery; cajole.

2. To obtain by persistent persuasion: coaxed the secret out of the child.

Rummage

rum·mage play_w2(“R0344400″) (rmj)

v. rum·maged, rum·mag·ing, rum·mag·es

v.tr.

1. To search thoroughly by handling, turning over, or disarranging the contents of.

2. To discover by searching thoroughly.

v.intr.

To make an energetic, usually hasty search.

n.

1. A thorough search among a number of things.

2. A confusion of miscellaneous articles.