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clime

region, climate

jocund

cheerful, merry

sinew

tendon, strength

complaisance

willingness to please

vale

valley, dale

symmetry

balance, proportion

countenance

facial expression; approve

fastidious

fussy, detail-oriented

deign

condescend, lower oneself

impropriety

improper behavior

pedantic

overly scholarly, fussy

affront

insult, offend

caprice

sudden whim, impulse

mien

appearance, demeanor

felicity

happiness, joy

vex

annoy, irritate

rapacity

greed, graspingness

supercilious

arrogant, condescending

assiduous

diligent, persistent

indolent

lazy, sluggish

pecuniary

financial, monetary

effusive

overly expressive

alacrity

eagerness, enthusiasm

approbation

approval, praise

licentious

immoral, unrestrained

chagrin

embarrassment, disappointment

petulant

irritable, moody

repine

complain, fret

duplicity

deceit, dishonesty

acrimony

bitterness, hostility

rapacity

greed, avarice

imprudent

unwise, reckless

profligate

wasteful, immoral

ductility

flexibility, adaptability

impute

attribute, assign

officious

meddlesome, intrusive

solicitude

concern, care

vicissitude

change, fluctuation

epistolary

letter-related

dilatory

slow, delaying

connubial

marital, wedded

sanguine

optimistic, cheerful

sagacity

wisdom, discernment

innocuous

harmless, inoffensive

profound

deep, insightful

viviparous

live-bearing (birth)

maudlin

overly sentimental

callow

inexperienced, immature

pneumatic

air-filled, inflated

squalid

filthy, wretched

solecism

grammatical error

repose

rest, relaxation

pullulation

rapid growth, swarming

abstemious

self-restrained, moderate

undulate

move in waves

flagellation

whipping, self-punishment

multitudinous

very numerous

solipsism

self-centered philosophy

impertinent

rude

milliner

a hat maker