ABCDE
A fond or tender feeling, love
Affection
Ridicule; mockery
Derision
A tap
Faucet
The process of shedding an outgrown exoskeleton
Molting
Obtained or achieved more by chance than skill
Fluky
Shyly
Bashfully
Consciously and intentionally; on purpose
Deliberately
Weakly
Wanly
In a patient and mild manner; gently
Meekly
Secretly or privately
Confidentially
A feeling of uneasiness or anxiety caused by guilt
Compunction
Disagreement or...
Discord
Taken in
Absorbed
Person of low intelligence, fool
Moron
Spirally coiling stem (hair)
Tendril
A bottle with a stopper
Decanter
Consternation and distress, typically that caused by something unexpected
Dismay
Moving forward, progressing
Advancing
Handicapped - AKA...
Mentally Arrested
Bundles of grain stacked together on end to dry
Shocks
Fascinated
Enthralled
Change or distract
Divert
According to, resembling, or denoting the system of feudalism
Feudal
Back of the neck
Nape
Lower in rank or position
Subordinate