| Austerely | Severe or stern in disposition or appearance; somber and grave: the austere figure of a Puritan minister. Strict or severe in discipline; ascetic: a desert nomad's austere life. Having no adornment or ornamentation; bare: an austere style. See Synonyms at severe. |
| Travail | Work, especially when arduous or involving painful effort; toil. See Synonyms at work. Tribulation or agony; anguish. The labor of childbirth. |
| Quip | A clever, witty remark often prompted by the occasion. A clever, often sarcastic remark; a gibe. See Synonyms at joke. A petty distinction or objection; a quibble. Something curious or odd. |
| Belligerent | Inclined or eager to fight; hostile or aggressive. Of, pertaining to, or engaged in warfare. |
| vagabond | A person without a permanent home who moves from place to place. A vagrant; a tramp. A wanderer; a rover. |
| Merit | Superior quality or worth; excellence: a proposal of some merit; an ill-advised plan without merit. A quality deserving praise or approval; virtue: a store having the merit of being open late. Demonstrated ability or achievement: promotions based on merit alone. An aspect of character or behavior deserving approval or disapproval. Often used in the plural: judging people according to their merits. Christianity. Spiritual credit granted for good works. merits Law. A party's strict legal rights, excluding jurisdictional, personal, or technical aspects. The factual content of a matter, apart from emotional, contextual, or formal considerations |
| Metropolitan | Of, relating to, or characteristic of a major city: crowded metropolitan streets; a metropolitan newspaper. Of or constituting a large city or urbanized area, including adjacent suburbs and towns: the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area; a metropolitan county. Of, relating to, or constituting the home territory of an imperial or colonial state. Of or relating to an ecclesiastical metropolitan. |
| Jostle | To come in rough contact while moving; push and shove: jostled against the others on the crowded platform. To make one's way by pushing or elbowing: jostled through the guests to the bar. To vie for an advantage or position. To be in close proximity. To pick or try to pick pockets. |
| Bounteous | Giving or inclined to give generously. Generously and copiously given. See Synonyms at liberal. |
| Unpretentious | Lacking pretension or affectation; modest. See Synonyms at plain. |
| Jubilant | Exultingly joyful. Expressing joy. |
| Diligence | Earnest and persistent application to an undertaking; steady effort; assiduity. Attentive care; heedfulness. |
| Fop | A man who is preoccupied with and often vain about his clothes and manners; a dandy. |
| Contented | Desiring no more than what one has; satisfied. Ready to accept or acquiesce; willing: She was content to step down after four years as chief executive. |
| Gregarious | Seeking and enjoying the company of others; sociable. See Synonyms at social. Tending to move in or form a group with others of the same kind: gregarious bird species. Botany. Growing in groups that are close together but not densely clustered or matted. |
| Vouchsafe | To condescend to grant or bestow (a privilege, for example); deign. |
| Falter | To be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of courage or confidence; waver. See Synonyms at hesitate. To speak hesitatingly; stammer. To move ineptly or haltingly; stumble. To operate or perform unsteadily or with a loss of effectiveness: The automobile engine faltered. |