All terms in this list:

hinder: to get in the way of; to obstruct

nostalgic: longing or yearning for the past

parallel: lines running in the same direction but never meeting

protracted: prolonged; lengthened

quantitative: capable of being measured and described in numbers or amounts

scanty: barely adequate in size or amount

static: motionless

transient: temporary; quickly passing away

undulating: Moving up and down like waves; wavy

uniform: Unvarying; all the same.