Austere vocabulary

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vehement (adj)

showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense

sanguine (adj)

cheerfully optimistic

derisive (adj)

expressing contempt or ridicule, mocking

strident (adj)

harsh sounding; grating

jocund (adj)

merry; cheerful; lighthearted

Effeminate (adj)

(of a man) having or showing characteristics regarded as typical of a woman; unmanly

Manifest adj

Clear and obvious

Corpulent (adj)

Fat

Austere (adj)

Severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance

Ostentatious (adj)

Showy


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