cheery vein



brightness, cheer, geniality, gladness, happiness, optimism, pleasantness, radiance ,









   ill use - abuse, appliance, application, consumption, employ, employment, exercise, exertion, ill-use, misuse, usage ,

   unambitious - humble, loveless, meek, modest, passionless, unassuming, unenthusiastic, unimposing, unobtrusive, unpretending, unpretentious ,

   clam digger - backwoodsman, bushman, cracker, forester, frontiersman, mountain man, mountaineer, piny, red neck, woodsman ,

   stern - Spartan, adamant, ascetic, ass, astringent, austere, authoritarian, back, back door, back seat, back side, backside, beam, behind, bottom,

   in readiness - all set, armed, briefed, coached, equipped, groomed, in reserve, in store, informed, loaded, mature, mobilized, planned, prearranged, prepared,

   reference editor - bibliographer, bibliophile, book collector, bookmaker, bookseller, bookworm, curator, editor, librarian, printer, publisher ,

   tempting - acceptable, adorable, agreeable, alluring, appealing, appetizing, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, blandishing, cajoling, captivating, catching, charismatic, charming,

   waterline - companion, linear, parts, ship, watermark ,

   commit a gaffe - blunder, blunder upon, boggle, botch, bumble, bungle, butcher, flounder, fumble, lumber, mar, miscue, muddle, muff, murder,

   non-transferable vote - aye, ballot, canvass, division, franchise, nay, no, plebiscite, poll, proportional representation, proxy, referendum, representation, say, straw vote,