1. Loath verb: loathe feel intense dislike or disgust for: "she loathed him on sight" synonyms: hate · detest · abhorhatedetestabhor

2. Ambivalent adjective: ambivalent having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone: "some loved her, some hated her, few were ambivalent about her" synonyms: equivocal · uncertain · unsure · doubtful · indecisiveequivocaluncertainunsuredoubtfulindecisive

3. Ostensibly adverb: ostensibly apparently or purportedly, but perhaps not actually: "portrayed as a blue-collar type, ostensibly a carpenter" synonyms: apparently · seemingly · on the face of itapparentlyseeminglyon the face of it

4. Prattle VERB talk at length in a foolish or inconsequential way: "she began to prattle on about her visit to the dentist" synonyms: talk · gossip · chatter · yammer · bloviate · Moretalkgossipchatteryammerbloviate noun: prattle foolish or inconsequential talk: "do you intend to keep up this childish prattle?" synonyms: chat · talk · gossip · chitchat · jabbering · jabber · prattlingchattalkgossipchitchatjabberingjabberprattling

5. Veracity conformity to facts; accuracy: "officials expressed doubts concerning the veracity of the story" synonyms: truthfulness · truth · accuracy · correctness · faithfulnesstruthfulnesstruthaccuracyfaithfulness