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| (n.) the wasting away of a body organ or tissue; any progressive decline or failure; (v.) to waste away. |
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| (n.) a fortified place, stronghold. |
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| (n.) a state of agreement, harmony, unanimity; a treaty, pact, covenant. |
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| (adj.) complete or perfect in the highest degree; (v.) to bring to a state of completion or perfection. |
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| (n.) disorder, confusion; (v.) to throw into disorder |
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| (n., often pl.) urgency, pressure; urgent demand, pressing need; an emergency. |
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| (n.) floating debris; homeless, impoverished people. |
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| (adj.) frenzied, highly agitated |
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| (v.) to gather bit by bit; to gather small quantities of grain left in a field by the reapers. |
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| (n.) a type of game bird; a complaint; (v.) to complain, grumble. |
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| (v.) to imprison, confine, jail |
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| (adj.) obligatory, required; (n.) one who holds a specific office at the time spoken of. |
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| (adj.) humorous, jesting, jolly, joking. |
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| (adj.) ridiculous, laughable, absurd |
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| (adj.) biting or caustic in thought, manner, or style; sharply or bitterly harsh. |
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| (n.) a prickly or stinging plant; (v.) to arouse displeasure, impatience, or anger; to vex or irritate severely |
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| (adj.) consisting of or measured in money; of or related to money |
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| (adj.) contemptibly cowardly or mean-spirited |
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| (Adj.) in a reclining position, lying down, in the posture of one sleeping or resting. |
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| (n.) a scheme to outwit or deceive an opponent or to gain an end |
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| (n.) sharpness (particularly of the mind or senses) |
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| (v.) to portray, sketch, or describe in accurate and vivid detail; to represent pictorially. |
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| (adj.) marked by evil and corruption, devoid of moral principles. |
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| (v.) to weaken or lessen the mental, moral, or physical vigor of; enfeeble, hamstring |
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| (adj.) intended for or understood by only a select few, private, secret. |
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| (adj.) fruitful in offspring or vegetation; intellectually productive. |
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| (n.) an arbitrary order or decree; a command or act of will or consciousness |
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| (n.) a fabrication of the mind; an arbitrary notion |
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| (v.) to acquire as the result of effort; to gather and store away, as for future use. |
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| (v.) to set apart as holy or sacred, sanctify, consecrate; to honor greatly, revere. |
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| (n.) a peculiarity that serves to distinguish or identify. |
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| (adj.) earthly, worldly, relating to practical and material affairs; concerned with what is ordinary |
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| (n.) a subtle or slight variation (as in color, meaning, quality), delicate gradation or shade of difference. |
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| (adj.) conceited, presumptuous; excessive, immoderate. |
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| (n.) a strong attraction or inclination. |
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| (adj.) according to reputation or general belief; having widespread acceptance and good reputation; (part.) alleged |
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| (n.) reasoning that seems plausible but is actually unsound, a fallacy |
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| (adj.) costly, rich, magnificent. |
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| (adj.) present or existing everywhere. |
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