affable
friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to
castigate
(v.) to punish severely; to criticize severely
auspicious
favorable; fortunate
dutiful
(adj.) - careful to fulfill obligations
flippant
(adj.) lacking in seriousness; disrespectful, saucy
capitulate
(v.) to end resistance, give up, surrender, throw in the towel
diminutive
(adj.) small, smaller than most others of the same type
innocuous
(adj.) harmless, inoffensive; insignificant
hiatus
(n.) a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing)
despondently
in low spirits from loss of hope or courage
vulgarity
the quality of lacking taste and refinement
forlornly
looking pitiful, desperate or hopeless
morose
having a gloomy or sullen manner; not friendly or sociable
trepidation
(n.) fear, fright, trembling
sporadic
(adj.) occurring at irregular intervals, having no set plan or order
calamity
disaster
nefarious
extremely wicked
fervently
very enthusiastically or passionately
microcosm
a miniature world or universe; a group or system viewed as the model of a larger group or system
transgressor
a person who breaks a law or moral code