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| 1: a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work. 2: a: a speech often in verse addressed to the audience by an actor at the end of a play; also: the actor speaking it b: the final scene of a play that comments on or summarizes the main action. 3: the concluding section of a musical composition. |
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| a quality, as of an experience or a work of art, that arouses feelings of pity, sympathy, tenderness, or sorrow. |
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| to drive out; to uncover and bring to light by searching. Often used with out |
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| obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine. |
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| a very intense and uncontrolled fire. |
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| 1. utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute. 2. recklessly prodigal or extravagant. |
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| 1. to wipe out; do away with; expunge. 2. to rub out, erase, or obliterate. 3. to make (oneself) inconspicuous; withdraw (oneself) modestly or shyly. |
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| to hide under a false appearance |
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| Existing or occurring with something else, often in a lesser way; accompanying; concurrent |
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| Bearing or expression; mental composure. |
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| Depression or lowness of spirits; 2. defecation; evacuation of the bowels |
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| a sudden, violent outburst; a fit or violent action or emotion; a spasm, fit, or convulsion |
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| pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite. |
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| to clear from a charge of guilt or fault; free from blame; vindicate. |
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| immoral person; debauchee |
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| Unyielding; unalterable. Not to be persuaded, moved, or affected by prayers or entreaties |
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| unconditional authority; full discretionary power. A sheet of paper that is blank except for the signature and given by the signer to another person to write in whatever he or she pleases. |
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| 1. Characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning. 2. Servilely compliant or deferential. 3.Obedient; dutiful |
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| a self-evident truth that requires no proof; a universally accepted principle or rule; maxim. |
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| a person who decides and determines matters, like a judge. |
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| (used with object) to accustom to hardship, difficulty, pain, etc.; toughen or harden; habituate (usually fol. by to). (used without object) to come into use; take or have effect. to become beneficial or advantageous. |
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| 1. causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful 2. deadly; fatal 3. obsolete – evil; wicked. |
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| a natural (innate) inclination or tendency |
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| Any of numerous small, flat-bodied, wingless biting or sucking insects of the orders Mallophaga or Anoplura, many of which are external parasites on various animals, including humans. |
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| 1. of, pertaining to, or of the nature of schism (division); guilty of schism. |
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| respectful submission or courteous yielding to the judgment, opinion, wishes, or will of another; acquiescence |
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| to render useless or ineffectual; to cripple; to render absurdly or wholly futile or ineffectual, esp. by degrading or frustrating means; to make useless or worthless. |
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| 1. person who goes ahead and makes known the approach of another; herald; 2. anything that foreshadows a future event; omen; sign. |
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| the application of general ethical principles to particular cases of conscience or conduct; The determination of right and wrong in questions of conduct or conscience by analyzing cases that illustrate general ethical rules; 2. specious, deceptive, or oversubtle reasoning, esp. in questions of morality; fallacious or dishonest application of general principles; sophistry. |
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| 1. putting an end to all debate or action 2. not allowing contradiction or refusal; imperative. Leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal |
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