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| a song or expression of praise or thanksgiving |
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| to make something appear less serious, gloss over, mitigate |
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| formal expression of praise |
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| something that serves as a model, example or pattern; the framework of assumptions and understandings shared by a group |
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| an outcast, a rejected and despised person |
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| a slight offense, literally, a minor sin |
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| the art of profession of training, teaching, or instructing |
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| ostentatious display of learning, excessive attention to minutiae and formal rules, unimaginative |
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| commonplace, trite, unremarkable |
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| penny-pinching; extremely thrifty; ungenerous |
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| admitting of no contradiction, putting an end to further debate, haughty, imperious |
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| recurrent throughout the year or many years, happening repeatedly |
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| intentional breach of faith, treachery |
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| cursory, done without care or interest |
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| itinerant, traveling, nomadic |
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| extremely harmful, potentially causing death |
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| pleasing in appearance, attractive |
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| acutely perceptive, having keen discernment |
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| to examine with great care |
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| like a rock, hard, stony (like petrify) |
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| clam, sluggish, unemotional, sotic |
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| involving clever rogues or adventurers |
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| multicolored, usually in blotches |
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| to punish, hold up to public scorn |
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| to yearn intensely, to languish, to lose vigor |
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| extremely reverent or devout (can be false) |
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| agreeably pungent, spicy, stimulating |
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| resentment, irritation due to hurt pride |
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| the essential or central part |
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| to appease, calm by making concessions |
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| mournful, melancholy, sorrowful |
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| pounding, thundering, resounding |
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| moldable, pliable, not rigid |
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| superficial or trite remark, especially one offered as meaningful |
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| an overabundance, a surplus |
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| courage, spunk, fortitude |
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| to measure the depth, to examine critically |
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| distressing, pertinent, touching |
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| controversial, argumentative |
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| to babble meaninglessly; to talk in an empty and idle manner |
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| uncertain, risky, dangerous |
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| rule establishing standards of conduct, a doctrine that is taught |
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| acting with excessive haste or impulse |
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| something that precedes and indicates or announces another |
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| a disposition in favor of something, preference |
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| to replace, to supersede, to appropriate |
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| to dress up, primp, groom oneself w elaborate care |
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| know events prior to their occurring |
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| overstepping bounds, as of propriety or courtesy; taking liberties |
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| to deliberately avoid the truth, mislead |
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