Vocabulary

unenthusiastic

reassuring; stouthearted

short-tempered; quick-tempered

laziness; indolence

recreation; diversion; relaxation

willful; wilful; as one pleases

gloom; mental depression

intropunitive; tending to blame oneself (rather than others)

halting (speech); faltering; stammering

attractive to men; in a style (appearance, look, etc.) that men fall for

latent; potential

secure; reassuring

restless

hard to understand; hard to accept

knowing look

small (token of one's gratitude, etc.); little (something by way of thanks); mere (trifle)

uneasy; unsure; anxious

calm; serene; tranquil; peaceful

horrible; cruel; atrocious

winding; zigzag; meandering

broad; vast; boundless; wide

commercial

normative; prescriptive

glaring (eyes); piercing; penetrating

kill-joy; wet-blanket; spoiling the fun

intellectual

argumentative

logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent

theoretical

feeble

obvious; evident; clear

violence

ill-mannered; overbearing

long, drawn-out; tedious

habitual

look of triumph

decorative

great; grand

rigidity; uprightness

brutality