The adjective rambling means confused and long-winded.

Fulsome compliments, which are exaggerated and usually insincere, may have the opposite effect.

An errand is a short trip to fulfill some small business. 

If something is thriving, it's doing well — so well you could call it "booming."

To whittle is to pare or carve away.

Muster, originally meaning only to gather soldiers

Auguries are signs of how things are going to work out in the future.

When you endeavor to do something, you try hard to make it happen.

A triumph is a well-earned victory.

Reluctant means that you are undergoing some inner struggle and are unwilling or unable to decide.

Overweening is a negative term meaning arrogant or excessive

If a characteristic or ability is already present in a person or animal when they are born, it is innate

Drudgery is hard, mindless, backbreaking work.

When you do something blatantly, you do it obviously, without trying to hide it. 

Being possessive means you're being a little selfish about people or things in your life: you're clinging to them tightly and saying "Mine!".

If you're undaunted, you're not afraid or intimidated.

A connoisseur is a person who, through study and interest, has a fine appreciation for something

If you call the team the most incredible group of humans ever to walk the earth, then you're going overboard and indulging in hyperbole.

That old dog was dormant for so long he was confused for a furry doormat, 

If you condone something, you allow it, approve of it, or at least can live with it.