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| causing shock, horror, or revulsion; sensational; pale or sallow in color; terrible or passionate in intensity or lack of restraint |
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| a gap, opening, break (in the sense of having an element missing) |
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| used so often as to lack freshness or originality |
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| wearied, worn-out, dulled (in the sense of being satiated by excessive indulgence) |
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| to rise above or beyond, exceed |
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| shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion |
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| to plead on behalf of someone else; to serve as a third party or go-between in a disagreement |
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| pertaining to an outlying area; local; narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside; a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a soldier from a province or colony |
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| a hint, indirect suggestion, or reference (often in a derogatory sense) |
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| worthy, deserving recognition and praise |
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| (adj.) strict, severe; rigorously or urgently binding or compelling; sharp or bitter to the taste |
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| (n.) weariness of body or mind, lack of energy |
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| (n.) poise, assurance, great self-confidence; perpendiclarity |
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| (adj.) mysterious, magical, supernatural; secret, hidden from view, not detectable by ordinary means; (v.) to hide, conceal; eclipse; (n.) matters involving the supernatural |
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| (v.) to make a violent attack in words, express strong dissaproval |
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| (n.) saliva or mucus flowing from the mouth or nose; foolish, aimless talk kor thinking; nonsense; (v.) to let saliva flow from the mouth, to utter nonsense or childish twaddle; to waste or fritter away foolishly |
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| (v.) to urge strongly, advise earnestly |
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| (v.) to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming |
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| (v.) to spread through, penetrate, soak through |
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| (adj.) pompous or overblown in language; full of high-sounding words intended to conceal a lack of ideas |
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| (n.) a period of one thousand years; a period of great joy |
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| (v.) to make oneself agreeable and thus gain favor or acceptance by others (sometimes used in a critical or derogatory sense) |
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| (adj.) without experience; immature, not fully developed; lacking sophistication and poise; without feathers |
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| a chain or shackle placed on the feet |
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| a natural inclination or predilection toward |
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| to direct or order, to prescribe a course of action in an authoritative way |
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| a state of great excitement, turbulence |
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| able to return to an original shape or form |
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| an intense dislike or hatred for |
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| peevish, complaining, fretful |
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| to make easy, cause to progress faster |
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| to steal something that has been given into one's trust |
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| shapeless, having no definite form |
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| very wicked, offensive, hateful |
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| bitter, sarcastic, highly biting |
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| weariness and dissatisfaction from lack of occupation or interest, boredome |
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| Sever or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor |
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| to commit sacrilege upon, treat irreverently; to contaminate, pollute |
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| coarse, unfeeling; stupid |
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| to talk a great deal in a foolish or aimless fashion |
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| (v.) to make amends, make up for; to avert |
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| to cease doing something, forbear |
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