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| a obstruction; hindrance; obstacle. |
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| commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity; worthy of veneration or reverence, as because of high office or noble character |
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| a surviving memorial of something past |
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| to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble |
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| to stop developing, growing, progressing, or advancing |
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| to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose |
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| to arrange or decide matters |
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| a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain |
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| a clasp or ornament having a pin at the back for passing through the clothing and a catch for securing the point of the pin |
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| the outward appearance of anything, taken as offering some insight into its character |
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| to express sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow, misfortune, or grief |
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| presenting favorable conditions; favorable |
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| person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner |
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| The materials collected in such a case, especially when representative of a person's work |
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| to overspread with or as with a liquid, color |
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| pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite |
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| Love of humankind in general |
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| disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious |
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| fond of the company of others; sociable. |
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| not opportune; inappropriate; inconvenient; untimely or unseasonable |
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| to affect with sharp irritation and resentment, esp. by some wound to pride |
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| contemptuously rude or impertinent behavior or speech |
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| Conducive or favorable to health or well-being. |
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| existing in one from birth; inborn; native |
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| liable to err, esp. in being deceived or mistaken |
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| A dwarf; a goblin; a person of small stature or misshapen features, or of strange appearance. |
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| to make or declare sacred; set apart or dedicate to the service of a deity |
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| a woman who loves or is loved; female sweetheart or lover. |
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| firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion |
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| to add at the end, as of something said or written; append. |
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| exigent state or character; urgency |
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| without means of subsistence; lacking food, clothing, and shelter. |
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| any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion |
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| to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor. |
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| to irritate; annoy; provoke |
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| excess; an excessive amount |
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| a woman hired to do general cleaning, esp. in an office or large house. |
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| giving out or capable of giving out a sound, esp. a deep, resonant sound, as a thing or place |
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| of or pertaining to horseback riding or horseback riders |
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| appearance, esp. the look or expression of the face |
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| sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn. |
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| a gross, stupid, or careless mistake |
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| a person or thing detested or loathed |
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| so extraordinary as to seem impossible |
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| pleased, esp. with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied |
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| forming a multitude or great number; existing, occurring, or present in great numbers; very numerous |
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| a facial expression, often ugly or contorted, that indicates disapproval, pain |
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| sharply affecting the organs of taste or smell, as if by a penetrating power; biting; acrid |
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| without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid |
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| to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude. |
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| (of the nose) shaped like an eagle's beak; hooked |
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| weariness of body or mind from strain, oppressive climate, etc.; lack of energy; listlessness; languor |
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| admitting or capable of some specified treatment |
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| a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry. |
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| a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation |
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| a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation |
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| to stay attached; stick fast; cleave; cling (usually fol. by to) |
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| a woman who holds some title or property from her deceased husband, esp. the widow of a king, duke, etc. (often used as an additional title to differentiate her from the wife of the present king, duke, etc.) |
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| tending or threatening to break out into open violence |
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| a point of time, esp. one made critical or important by a concurrence of circumstances |
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| a person who pretends to more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses; quack. |
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| tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion |
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