Vocabulary

quiet and secluded

quiet; sequestered

quiet and secluded

dim; indistinct

retired and quiet; secluded

calm; composed; leisurely

self-possessed; calm

unhappy; sad; miserable; wretched; gloomy; melancholic

as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated

common; commonplace; ordinary; familiar; everyday; garden-variety

possible; probable; likely

significant; meaningful

capable; able; talented; promising

merit

half in fun

budgetary

preliminary; preparatory

reserved; engaged

other; another; remaining; leftover

(sound) lingering in the air; trailing notes (of a bell, etc.)

distant; cold; formal

calm and collected; with composure; having enough and to spare

juvenile

mediocrity; imbecility

low-melting; easily thawed

very careful; thoroughly prepared

greedy

difficult to come

selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested

fitting things back to back; agreement of minds

lined (clothing, etc.); something lined

upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere

unexpected; unforeseen

androgynous; isosexual; amphoteric

amphibious; amphibian

skyscraping; very high; above the clouds; above this mortal world

mechanical

boasting of one's strength

weak

dynamic