Timorous
Showing or suffering from nervousness, fear, or a lack of confidence: “A timorous demeanor.”
Surreal
Having the disorienting quality of a dream; unreal; fantastic. “There was something surreal about the diving accident.”
Assertive
Inclined to bold or confident assertion; aggressively self-assured. “She is an assertive businesswoman.”
Recondite
Recondite adj. (of a subject or knowledge) Little known, obscure, abstruse. “Recondite information.”
Obsequious
Obedient or attentive to an excessive degree. “The obsequious service resulted in an excellent tip.”
Elegiac
Having a mournful quality. “An elegiac poem.”
Ignoble
Not honorable in character or purpose; shameful. “An ignoble act.”
Tenuous
Tenuous adj. Very weak or slight; insubstantial. “A tenuous argument.”
Dale Carnegie
People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.
Ostracize
Ostracize v. Exclude (someone) from a society or group. “She felt ostracized by society.”