gauche
sentient
diffident
pellucid
peccant
erring
timid
unpolished
crystalline
animate
gauche - Lacking social polish; tactless.
Synonyms: unpolished, graceless
Usage: Feeling that his question was somewhat gauche, he smiled angrily.
sentient - Endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness.
Synonyms: animate
Usage: The living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage.
diffident - Showing modest reserve; lacking self-confidence.
Synonyms: reserved, shy, timid, unsure
Usage: Because she was only a first-year student, she was diffident when
offering a comment on the professor's lecture.
pellucid - Admitting the passage of light; transparent or translucent.
Synonyms: transparent, crystal clear, limpid, crystalline, lucid
Usage: The water in the fountain, pellucid as crystal, was alive with myriads
of gold and silver fishes.
peccant - Sinful; guilty; violating a rule or an accepted practice.
Synonyms: peccable, erring, wicked
Usage: He was punished for his peccant behavior, to serve as an example for the
other villagers.
