juxtapose
verb: to situate side by side; place together
cupidity
noun: greed
glib
adjective: superficial; insincere
precarious
adjective: dangerously lacking in security or stability
protean
adjective: versatile
culpable
adjective: deserving of blame
incipient
adjective: in the first stages; just beginning
indolence
noun: laziness
ruminate
verb: to think at some length; meditate on
garrulous
adjective: pointlessly or annoyingly talkative; loquacious