| askew | (adj) turned or twisted toward one side; - G.K.Chesterton, Syn. awry, lopsided, cockeyed, wonky, skew-whiff, Example: a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry; his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff |
| rickety | (adj) inclined to shake as from weakness or defect, Syn. shaky, wonky, wobbly, Example: a rickety table; a wobbly chair with shaky legs; the ladder felt a little wobbly; the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky |
| swot | (n) an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious, Syn. grind, nerd, wonk, dweeb |