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| failing to accomplish an intended aim or purpose; only partially or imperfectly developed |
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| to spread news, reports, or unsubstantiated rumors |
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| insolent or rude in speech or behavior; insultingly abusive; humiliating |
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| a short saying; an authoritative statement |
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| to settle comfortably and firmly in position; to put or hide in a safe place |
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| attacking or seeking to overthrow popular or traditional beliefs, ideas, or institutions |
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| in or into the middle of the plot; into the middle of things |
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| mutually destructive; characterized by great slaughter and bloodshed |
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| lacking skill or dexterity; lacking tact, perception, or judgment |
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| excessively or effusively sentimental |
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| to change or vary the intensity or pitch; to temper or soften; to regulate, adjust |
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| foreshadowing an event to come; causing wonder or awe; self-consciously weighty, pompous |
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| knowledge of events or actions before they happen; foresight |
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| something given in exchange or return for something else |
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| conductive to health or well-being; wholesome |
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| characterized by riotous or unrestrained revelry or licentiousness |
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| a means of testing worth or genuineness |
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| so shocking to the emotions as to cause lasting and substantial psychological damage |
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| to weaken, debase, or corrupt; to impair the quality or value of |
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| fond of making jokes; characteristic of a joker; playfully humorous or droll |
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