rightness of principle or conduct; moral virtue: 

the rectitudeof her motives.

tending to promote some proposed or desired object; 

fit or suitable for the purpose; proper under the circumstances: 

It is expedient that you go.

a permanent rule established by an organization, corporation,etc.,

 to govern its internal affairs.

awkward, clumsy, or unmannerly: 

uncouth behavior; 

anuncouth relative who embarrasses the family.

a depraved, unprincipled, or wicked person:

 a drunken reprobate.

to differ in sentiment or opinion, esp. from the majority; withhold assent; disagree (often fol. by from): 

Two of the justices dissented from the majority decision.

obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; 

secret orunauthorized; clandestine: 

a surreptitious glance

to estimate the nature, quality, importance, etc.:

 He tried toappraise the poetry of John Updike.

to make known by open declaration;

 publish; proclaimformally or put into operation

 (a law, decree of a court,etc.).

to abstain or keep away from; shun; avoid:

 to eschew evil.

haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, 

as a person or a facial expression.

Now he was a sturdy, straw haired man of thirty with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner

impressing the mind with a sense of grandeur or power;

inspiring awe, veneration, etc.:

 Switzerland has sublimescenery.

to refuse or deny oneself (some rights, conveniences, etc.);

reject; renounce.

something that is conceived in the mind; a thought; idea:

 He jotted down the conceits of his idle hours.

an excessively favorable opinion of one's own 

ability,importance, wit, etc.

a chance, accident, or possibilityconditional on something uncertain:

 He was prepared forevery contingency.

tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimental:

 a maudlinstory of a little orphan and her lost dog

characterized by fussy or petulant faultfinding; querulous:

carping criticism.

alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions

based on pretense, deception, or insincerity.

to submit or yield obsequiously or tamely (usually fol. by to ):

 Don'ttruckle to unreasonable demands.

subject to, led by, or indicative of caprice or whim; erratic:

He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.