- austere: rigorous, stern, severely simple
- avid: eager, greedy
- capricious: subject to whims, changeable
- competent: capable, skillful, well qualified
- diffident: shy, timid, unassertive
- diminutive: undersized, small
- formidable: hard to overcome, causing fear or dread
- inexorable: unyielding, unrelenting
- inscrutable: mysterious, unfatomable, beyond comprehension
- inveterate: habitual, deeply established
- lugubrious: mournful, doleful, dismal
- melancholy: gloomy, brooding, sadly thoughtful
- meticulous: scrupulous baout details
- munificent: very generous, lavish
- opportune: timely, advantageous, seasonable
- plebeian: common, ordinary, low-class
- precipitous: very steep
- precocious: ahead in development (especially mental); exhibiting exceptionally mature qualities
- pugnacious: quarrelsome, inclined to fight
- querulous: fretful, complaining