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amiable

(adj) friendly, sociable, and congenial

brevity

(noun) shortness of duration

brittle

(adj) easily broken, cracked, or snapped

complaisance

(noun) disposition to please or comply

vindication

(noun) justification against denial or censure

condole

(verb) to express sympathetic sorrow

connubial

(adj) of or relating to the married state

decamp

(verb) to depart suddenly

dilatory

(adj) tending or intended to cause delay

disquiet

(verb) to take away the peace or tranquility of

embargo

(noun) a legal prohibition on commerce, stoppage

exigence

(noun) that which is required in a particular situation

hauteur

(noun) arrogance

invective

(noun) insulting or abusive language

licentiousness

(adj) lacking legal or moral restraints

livery

(noun) a concern offering vehicles (such as boats) for rent

or uniform worn by officer

nettle

(noun) any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs

or to annoy someone

obtrude

(verb) to thrust out

paddock

(noun) a usually enclosed area used especially for pasturing or exercising animals

palliation

(noun) the easing of (symptoms) without curing the underlying disease

the covering by excuses and apologies

petulance

(noun) the quality of being temporary or capricious ill humored

rector

(noun) one that directs, leader, a member of the clergy (as of the Protestant Episcopal Church) in charge of a parish

simper

(verb or noun) to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner

sumptuous

(adj) extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent

trifling

(adj) lacking in significance or solid worth: such as frivolous or trivial