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aus·tere

• Severe or stern in disposition or appearance; somber and grave.
• Strict or severe in discipline; ascetic.
• Having no adornment or ornamentation; bare.

Synonyms: ascetic, spartan.

Usage: But as time went on he led a more and more austere life, refusing everything superfluous, and finally he accepted nothing but rye-bread once a week.

References

• The Free Dictionary — austere
• Wordle — Austere

joc·und

• Sprightly and lighthearted in disposition, character, or quality.

Synonyms: gay, jolly, jovial, merry, mirthful.

Usage: A poet could not but be gay, in such a jocund company.

References

• The Free Dictionary — jocund
• Wordle — Jocund

hast·y

• Characterized by speed; rapid
• Done or made too quickly to be accurate or wise; rash
• Easily angered; irritable.

Synonyms: overhasty, precipitant, precipitate, precipitous.

Usage: Having been published without his usual elaborate revision, Poe may have wished to hide his hasty work under an assumed name.

References

• The Free Dictionary — hasty
• Wordle — Hasty

sac·er·do·tal

• Of or relating to priests or the priesthood.
• Of or relating to sacerdotalism.

Synonyms: hieratic, priestly.

Usage: The priest donned his sacerdotal vestments and entered the sanctuary.

References
The Free Dictionary — sacerdotal
Wordle — Sacerdotal

pre·scrip·tive

• Sanctioned or authorized by long-standing custom or usage.
• Making or giving injunctions, directions, laws, or rules.

Synonyms: normative.
Usage: Prescriptive grammar is concerned with norms of or rules for correct usage.

References

• The Free Dictionary — prescriptive
• Wordle —Prescriptive