Timid

easily frightened; not brave or confident:

She was timid about swimming in deep water.

cushion

to soften or protect someone or something from the effects of a fall, moving too quickly into something, sitting or lying on a hard object, etc.

 The soft grass cushioned his fall (= made it hurt less).

Parcel

an object or collection of objects wrapped in paper; a package:

 A parcel of land is an area of it:

a 50-acre parcel on Lake Mead

a food parcel

Horrid

Horrid

very bad or unpleasant:

It was a horrid purple color which she detested.

Marigold

marigold

a plant with bright yellow or orange flowers

cockle

cockle

a small rounded sea creature with a shell, common in Europe, which can be eaten

Tease

to intentionally annoy a person or animal by saying something that is not true or pretending to do something, often in a playful way:

 Don’t tease the dog by showing her the treat if you’re not going to give it to her.

 I was only teasing ( joking), I didn’t mean anything by it.