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| courteous and pleasant, sociable, easy to speak to |
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| to increase in greatness, power, or wealth; to build up or intensify; to make appear greater |
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| shapeless; without definate form; of no particular type of character; without organization, unity, or cohesion |
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| that which surrounds (as an atmosphere); a distinctive air or personal quality |
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| illegal traffic, smuggled goods; illegal, prohibited |
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| scholarly, learned, brookish, pedantic |
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| thin, light, delicate, insubstantial; a very thin, light cloth |
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| to find out by reasoning; to arrive at a conclusion on the basis of thought; to hint, suggest, imply |
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| incapable of being understood; impossible to see though physically |
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| relating to, characteristic of, or situated on an island; narrow or isolated in outlook or experience |
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| incapable of being changed or called back |
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| a natural inclination or predilection toward |
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| peevish, complaining, fretful |
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| to argue or plead with someone against something, protest against, object to |
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| to disown, reject, or deny the validity of |
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| able to return to an original shape or form; able to recover quickly |
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| to re-echo, resound; to reflect or be reflected repeatedly |
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| coarsly abusive, vulgar or low (especially in language), foul-mouthed |
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| persistent, showing industry and determination |
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| thin or flimsy in texture; cheap; shoddy or inferior in quality or character; ethically low, mean, or disreputable |
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| a general pardon for an offense against a government; in general, any act of forgiveness or absolution |
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| self-government, political control |
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| self-evident, expressing a universally accepted principle or rule |
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| to adorn or embellish; to display conspicuously; to publish or proclaim widely |
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| a warning or caution to prevent misunderstanding or discourage behavior |
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| fair, just, embodying principles of justice |
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| to free from entanglements or difficulties; to remove with effort |
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| to steal, especially in a sneaky way and in petty amounts |
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| to mock, treat with contempt |
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| tending to be troublesome; unruly, quarrelsome, contrary; unpredictable |
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| a rule of conduct or action |
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| beneficial, helpful; healthful, wholesome |
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| bitterly severe, withering; causing great harm |
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| to whip, punish severely; a cause of affliction or suffering; a source of severe punishment or criticism |
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| funereal, typical of the tomb; extremely gloomy or dismal |
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| tending to cause sleep, relating to sleepiness or lethargy; something that induces sleep |
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| extremely strict in regard to moral standards and conduct; prudish, puritanical |
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| lasting only a short time, fleeting; one who stays only a short time |
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| not easily carried, handled, or managed because of size or complexity |
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| dull, uninteresting, tiresome; lacking in sharpness, flavor, liveliness, or force |
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| abnormal, irregular, departing from the usual |
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| a damaging or derogatory statement; the act of slandering or defaming |
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| extremely strange, unusual, atypical |
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| abrupt, blunt, with no formalities |
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| to coax, persuade through flattery or artifice; to deceive with soothing thoughts or false promises |
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| to punish severely; to criticize severely |
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| to plan with ingenuity, invent; to bring about as the result of a scheme or plan |
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| a leader who exploits popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
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| to free from deception or error, set right in ideas or thinking |
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| weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, boredom |
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| a chain or shackle placed on the feet; anything that confines or restrains; to chain or shackle; to render helpless or impotent |
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| very wicked, offensive, hateful |
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| not subject to change, constant |
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| one who rebels or rises against authority; rising in revolt, refusing to accept authority; surging or rushing in or on |
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| a delusion marked by a feeling of power, wealth, talent, etc., far in excess of reality |
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| a position requiring little or no work; an easy job |
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| stealthy, secret, intended to escape observation; made or accomplished by fraud |
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| to go beyond a limit or boundary; to sin, violate a law |
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| to change from one nature, substance, or form to another |
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| performed, suffered, or otherwise experienced by one person in place of another |
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