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| barbarian, rough leader; King of the Huns from 433-453 and the most successful of the barbarian invaders of the Roman Empire |
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| destructively or frenetically violent, mentally or emotionally upset; a warrior clothed in bear skin who worked himself into a frenzy before battle |
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| undergarments for dance or active wear; underwear formally worn by females that were composed of loose trousers gathered at the ankels; invented by Amelia Jenks ____ (1818-1894), an American social reformer |
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| to censor, expurgate prudishly, to modify, as by shortening or simplifying or by skewing content; after Thomas ____ (1754-1825), who expurgated Shakespeare |
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| to act together in abstaining from using, buying, or dealing with as an expression of protest or disfavor or as a means of coercion, the act or instance of boycotting; after Charles C. ____ (1832-97), of Ireland. ____, a former British soldier, refused to charge lower rents and ejected his tenants. ____ and his family found themselves without servants, farmlands, service in stores, or mail delivery. ____'s name was quickly adapted as the term for this treatment. |
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| an overhanging protection or shelter, to cover or hover above; Middle English word ____ taken from Latin ____ or ____, meaning "net curtains" |
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| a man who is amorously and gallantly attentive to women; a promiscuous man; Giovanni Jacopo ____ De Seingalt (1725-1798), an Italian adventurer who established a lengendary reputation sa a lover |
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| one who has a militant devotion to and glorification of one's country, fanatical patriotism, prejudiced belief in the superiority of one's own gender, group, or kind; after Nicolas ____, a legendary French soldier devoted to Napoleon |
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| a machine for hoisting and moving heavy objects, consisting of a movable boom equipped with cables and pulleys and connected to the base of an upright stationary beam, a tall framework over a drilled hole, especially and oil well, used to support boring equipment; named after a London hangman (1600) |
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| any riotous occasion; taken from the ____ Fair, held in Dublin County, Ireland until 1855, which was famous for rioting and dissipation |
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| a style of casual work pants; from a coarse cotton fabric of East Indian origin |
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| a place of reputed wealth; from the legendary city in South America, sought by early Spanish explorers |
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| to mack something banal or trite by frequent use, a horse for ordinary riding or driving, a horse kept for hire, let out, employed, or done for hire; from the most common breed of heavy harness horses in the U.S. |
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| one who believes that a person can make it on his own merits; from (1832-99) American writer of inspirational adventure books |
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| using or marked by the use of few words, brief; from the reputation of the Spartans for brevity of speech |
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| a humorous or nonsense verse of five lines; from a county in the Republic of Ireland where the form is said to have originated |
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| characterized by expedience, deceit and cunning; after a philosopher known for his treaties and politial expediency; wrote "The Prince" (1513) |
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| along distance race; source of the Victory of the Greeks over Persians in 490 B.C. |
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| modern witch hunt, the practice of publicizing accusations of political disloyalty or subversions with insufficient regard to evidence, the use of unfair investigatory or accusatory methods, in order to suppress opposition; after an American politician who as a U.S. senator from WWI publicly accused many citizens of subversion |
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| to wander aimlessly; originating from a river in Turkey noted for its winding course |
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| to induce the state of being hypnotized; an Austrian physician who used hypnotism and developed a theory called "animal magnetism" |
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| fortune teller; (1503-66) French physician and astrologer who wrote a book of rhymed prophecies |
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| bitterly ironical, sarcastic, sneering; from a Sardinian plant said to bring on fits of laughter |
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| to cheat or steal, to make drugs, liquor, etc... to bring or get by trickery or force; a seaport in East China, from _______ because sailor for voyages there were often secured by illicit means |
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| frugal and bare, simple, disciplined and stern and brave; having to do with ______, an important city in Greece. The ______ were known for simplicity of life, severity, courage, and brevity of speech. |
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| hinder or obstruct by evasive, delaying tactics; in cricket: trying to go completely defensive, blocking every ball without trying to score; relating to a Confederate general from the remark during the Battle of Bull Run: "Look at ____'s men; they stand like a stone wall." |
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| satirical; from Jonathan Swift's famous satire on politics Gulliver's Travels |
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| luxurious, voluptuous, a person who cares very much for luxury and pleasure; an inhabitant of _______, a town founded by the Greeks in ancient Italy, which was known for its luxury |
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| having to do with the theater or acting; relating to __________, so called form ________, an Attic poet of the 6th century B.C., reputed to the father of Greek tragedy |
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| government of people of the United States; derived from the United States of America, a businessman with initials on shipping boxes in the 1800s |
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| an imaginary and perfect society; British 1610, source Thomas More's novel |
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| style of music: loud, dramatic, radical; having to do with ____, his music, or his musical styles or theories |
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| a decisive or final defeat or setback; Belgian 1816, source of Napoleon's last defeat |
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