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caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature, speech, behavior, etc.
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1. to chew the cud, as a ruminant.
2. to meditate or muse; ponder
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any song of praise, joy, or triumph
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1. travel from one place to another, esp. on foot.
2. a course of travel; journey.
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1. extreme poverty; destitution.
2. scarcity; dearth; inadequacy; insufficiency.
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smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness
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extremely liberal in giving; very generous.
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To inflict severe pain on; torture.
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1. narrow and rigid in opinion; inflexible
2. oriented toward or confined to the past; extremely conservative
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1. cautious or careful; wary
2. shy; timid.
3. fastidious; choosy
4. sparing (often fol. by of)
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utterly hopeless, miserable, humiliating, or wretched
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an effort to appear to have a quality not really or fully possessed; the pretense of actual possession
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shameless or impudent boldness; barefaced audacity
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1. the act of imprecating; cursing.
2. a curse; malediction.
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1. to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
2. Archaic. to assail (a person) by words or arguments; vilify
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1. swollen; distended; tumid.
2. inflated, overblown, or pompous; bombastic
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mental or emotional stability or composure, esp. under tension or strain; calmness
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given to faction; dissentious
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unreal; imaginary; visionary
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1. Violenty hot; drying or scorching with heat; burning; parching;
2. Characterized by intense emotion
3. Emotionally charged and vigorously energetic
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