politeness
affability, agreeableness, amenities, amenity, civilities, civility, comity, complaisance, considerateness, convention, courteousness, courtesy, courtliness, decencies, decorum,
capitalism - capitalistic system, finance capitalism, free competition, free economy, free enterprise, free trade, free-enterprise economy, free-enterprise system, individualism, isolationism, laissez-faire, let-alone policy, let-alone principle, liberalism, non-interference,
glee club - choir, chorale, chorus, ensemble ,
of no consequence - inferior, low priority, marginal, secondary, unimportant ,
stock room - archives, armoury, arsenal, attic, bank, basement, bay, bin, bonded warehouse, bookcase, box, bunker, buttery, cargo dock, cellar,
a nothing - cipher, common man, dummy, figurehead, lightweight, little fellow, mediocrity, nobody, nonentity, nothing, obscurity, punk, runt, scrub, shrimp,
hopefulness - aspiration, assumption, assurance, brightness, cheer, confidence, conviction, dependence, desire, expectation, faith, geniality, gladness, happiness, optimism,
jobbing - agency, barter, bartering, brokerage, buying and selling, consumer preference study, consumer research, consumer survey, dealing, diplomacy, diplomatics, direct-mail selling, doing business, exchange, give-and-take,
top-heavy - adipose, beefy, bloated, blowzy, bosomy, brawny, burly, buxom, chubby, chunky, corpulent, distended, dumpy, fat, fleshy,
froward - baulky, cantankerous, contrary, cross-grained, difficult, disobedient, indisciplined, irascible, lawless, naughty, nonconforming, obstinate, perverse, recusant, restive,
engaged in thought - absorbed, abstracted, engrossed, introspective, lost in thought, occupied, preoccupied, rapt ,
glee club - choir, chorale, chorus, ensemble ,
of no consequence - inferior, low priority, marginal, secondary, unimportant ,
stock room - archives, armoury, arsenal, attic, bank, basement, bay, bin, bonded warehouse, bookcase, box, bunker, buttery, cargo dock, cellar,
a nothing - cipher, common man, dummy, figurehead, lightweight, little fellow, mediocrity, nobody, nonentity, nothing, obscurity, punk, runt, scrub, shrimp,
hopefulness - aspiration, assumption, assurance, brightness, cheer, confidence, conviction, dependence, desire, expectation, faith, geniality, gladness, happiness, optimism,
jobbing - agency, barter, bartering, brokerage, buying and selling, consumer preference study, consumer research, consumer survey, dealing, diplomacy, diplomatics, direct-mail selling, doing business, exchange, give-and-take,
top-heavy - adipose, beefy, bloated, blowzy, bosomy, brawny, burly, buxom, chubby, chunky, corpulent, distended, dumpy, fat, fleshy,
froward - baulky, cantankerous, contrary, cross-grained, difficult, disobedient, indisciplined, irascible, lawless, naughty, nonconforming, obstinate, perverse, recusant, restive,
engaged in thought - absorbed, abstracted, engrossed, introspective, lost in thought, occupied, preoccupied, rapt ,