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a decorative design or small illustration used on the title page of a book or at the beginning or end of a chapter.
2. an engraving, drawing, photograph |
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odd, queer, or comical.
2. questioning or puzzled |
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a tract of low, soft, wet ground.
2. a marsh or bog.
3. marshy ground. |
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any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
2. a hymn of invocation or thanksgiving |
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narrow and rigid in opinion; inflexible: a hidebound pedant.
2. oriented toward or confined to the past |
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good-humored ridicule; banter.
2. a bantering remark. |
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given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
2. inordinately greedy; predatory; extortionate |
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| to utter long wailing cries, as cats in rutting time |
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| a person who sells quack medicines, as from a platform in public places, attracting and influencing an audience by tricks, storytelling, etc |
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a confused hand-to-hand fight or struggle among several people.
2. confusion; turmoil |
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the range of operation, authority, control, concern, etc.
2. the range of vision, insight, or understanding. |
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to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy.
2. to make obscure or unclear |
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o behave as if one is conscious of descending from a superior position, rank, or dignity.
2. to stoop or deign to do something |
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| cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident |
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light, bantering talk or writing.
2. a frivolous or flippant style of treating a subject |
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offensive or disgusting, as an odor.
2. harmful or injurious to health; noxious |
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| a wretched coward; craven |
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| a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert |
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| vulgar or indecent in speech, language, etc.; coarsely mocking, abusive, or irreverent; scurrilous |
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lying on the back, face or front upward.
2. inactive, passive, or inert, esp. from indolence or indifference |
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| the appearance or semblance of truth |
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a breach of good manners or etiquette.
3. any error, impropriety, or inconsistency. |
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