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| A witty, ingenious, or pointed saying briefly and effetively expressed |
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| Haughtily disdainful or arrogant, as a person or a facial expression |
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| Inclined to make trouble; unruly, stubborn, quarrelsome, irritable |
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| Lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow |
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| A feeling of contentment or self-satisfaction, especially when coupled with an unawareness of danger, trouble, or controversy |
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| Doing or performing (something) without prior preparation or practice; improvising |
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| Leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative |
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| The visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead |
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| Making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking |
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| Fancifully varied in color, decoration, etc |
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| Fixed, settled, or permanent |
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| Expressing or characterized by a lack of ideas or intelligence; inane; stupid |
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| Flushed with rosy color; ruddy |
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| Large or bulky of body; portly; stout; fat |
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| The uncontrollable and immediate repetition of words spoken by another person; echo |
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| Fond of feasting, drinking, and good company; sociable, merry, festive |
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| Of, resembling, or containing wine |
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| To utter long wailing cries, as cats in rutting time |
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| Profoundly moving; touching |
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| Anything considered to be an important or characteristic virtue |
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| Strictly attentive to minute details of form in action or conduct; meticulous |
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| Not of or pertaining to the sense of smell |
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| Walking or performing another act while asleep or in a sleeplike condition |
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| A person who regularly frequents a place; an inhabitant, resident |
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| No longer in effect or use; not operating or functioning |
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| Intended to entrap or beguile; deceitful |
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- Attracting attention in a vulgar manner
- Plausible but false or insincere
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| Incapable of being expressed or described in words |
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| A development or consequence growing out of and sometimes complicating a problem, plan, or statement |
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| Excessively ornate or complex in style or language; grandiloquent |
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| An event that may occur but that is not likely or intended; a possibility |
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| A person addicted to excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; one given to debauchery |
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| The history, events, characteristics, etc., of one's earlier life |
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A substance that promotes putrefaction; infectious |
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| Tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy |
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| An inn, usually (in the Near East) with a large courtyard, for the overnight accommodation of caravans |
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| Free from violation, injury, desecration, or outrage; untouched, undisturbed |
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| A person who is morally or sexually unrestrained |
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| A person who demonstrates an exaggerated conformity or propriety, especially in an irritatingly arrogant or smug manner |
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| A feeling of bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice |
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| Generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness |
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| To reason earnestly with someone in an effort to dissuade or correct; remonstrate |
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| | fierce; cruel; savagely brutal |
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