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| a slanderous remark; the making of slanderous remarks |
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| unsure about outcome; possibly dishonest or immoral; of uncertain quality |
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| obvious or grand display of wealth |
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| consisting of or having branches |
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| taking into consideration all possible circumstances and consequences before acting |
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| a person who explains or interprets difficult parts of written works |
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| to deprive somebody or something of power, force, or effectiveness |
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| to make something less harsh, severe, or violent |
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| violently abusive or harshly critical |
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| a departure from what is normal or desirable |
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| sickening due to too much sweetness from something that was initially pleasant |
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| an inscription on a tombstone or monument commemorating the person buried there; a piece of writing celebrating the life of a recently deceased person |
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| occurring or coming out at night |
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| showing fear or hesitancy |
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| a period of high artistic or cultural development |
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| easily trained; submissive |
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| speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous |
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| a small gift given a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase; something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure |
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| without unnecessary words; concise |
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| sparing or moderate, especially in eating and drinking |
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having a changeable luster or color with an
undulating narrow band of white light |
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| convincing and forceful to the intellect and reason |
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| beginning to appear or develop |
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| to exclude somebody from public or private favor |
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| having knowledge of something |
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intended for or understood by only an
initiated few; secret or highly confidential |
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| unwilling to believe, showing disbelief |
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| the vault of the sky; the celestial abode of God or the gods; the upper atmosphere |
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| restricted to one place; characteristic of or living in a particular geographic area |
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| of or relating to an extreme northern region; frozen; of or relating to any of the arctic peoples |
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| having little or no money |
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| likely to cause harm, either physically or morally; very unpleasant |
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| characterized by sophistication or refinement |
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| lasting only a short period of time and leaving no permanent trace; a plant or animal that lives for only a short period of time |
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| disgrace to one’s reputation due to shameful behavior or action; shameful or criminal conduct |
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| a supposed cure for all diseases or problems |
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| consuming or eager to consume large amounts of food; having an insatiable appetite for an activity or pursuit |
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| somebody who believes that governments should be abolished as unnecessary |
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| produced or existing in large quantities |
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| to adopt or support something as a belief or cause |
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| unfavorable to something; showing hostility |
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to run at the nose; to cry or whine with snuffling; to speak or act in a
whining, sniffling, tearful, or weakly emotional manner |
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| the tension between two conflicting or interacting forces, elements, or ideas; the investigation of the truth through discussion |
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| expressing strongly held beliefs and opinions |
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| showing a lack of seriousness that is thought inappropriate |
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| tending to take a romanticized view of life; motivated by an idealism that overlooks practical considerations; tending to act on impulses |
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| an accompanying part or feature of something; a legal right or privilege attached to a property and inherited with it |
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| to make beautiful, as by ornamentation; to add fictitious details to exaggerate the truth |
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| tranquil and free from disturbance or care |
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| with a playful joking disposition; intended to be funny |
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| likely to do the unexpected |
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| describing language that is full of long or pretentious words, used to impress others |
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| having a quality of mystery and ambiguity and so difficult to understand or interpret |
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| a belief in or assumption of the superiority of the social or cultural group that a person belongs to |
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| massive, solid and uniform; large and unchanging |
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| lacking interest or liveliness; lacking strength, taste, or flavor |
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| lacking interest or liveliness; lacking strength, taste, or flavor |
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| slowly and subtly harmful or destructive |
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| done hastily or superficially |
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| a bitter verbal or written attack on somebody or something |
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wreckage, debris, or refuse from a ship, found floating in the water; people who
live on the margins of society |
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| a point in time, especially an important or critical one; a place where two or more things join |
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| whimsical; mischievous; impish |
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| of the most ordinary everyday kind; done or experienced on a daily basis |
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