disposition
dis-puh-ZISH-unnounMeaning a person’s usual mood or nature
Memory hook a SUNNY DISPOSITION: the weather inside you. Even in a rainstorm, Nell whistles and smiles as if a little sun followed her around; her usual mood, her disposition, is sunny.
Our mail carrier has a sunny disposition; she whistles even in the pouring rain.
In context The two puppies came from the same litter but had very different dispositions: one was calm and gentle, while the other barked at every leaf that moved.
Similar temperament, nature, character, temper
From Latin dispositio, “arrangement,” from disponere (to arrange): dis- (apart) + ponere (to place).