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| warmly and pleasantly cheerful |
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| understood by or meant for only a few |
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| intended to overthrow or undermine an establishment |
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| to give out in small portions |
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| cleverness or skillfulness in conception or design |
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| leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal |
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| Perceptive and of keen judgment |
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| performed merely as a routine duty |
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| severely critical or sarcastic; capable of burning or destroying live tissue |
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| characterized by lack of seriousness or sense |
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| to show or pretend emotions |
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| to behave affectionately; to seek favor by servile demeanor |
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| to speak in a pompous or dogmatic manner |
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| To say or plead in protest |
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| the act of giving very generously |
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| the state or quality of being sincere and open |
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| working diligently at a task |
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| burdensome; oppressive; troublesome |
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| to renounce or give up under oath |
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| sharpness, harshness, or bitterness of nature, speech, disposition |
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| to abolish by formal or official means |
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| official approval or sanction |
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| a damaging or derogatory remark or criticism; slander |
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| fond of or given to disputation; argumentative; contentious |
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| insatiable greed for riches; inordinate, miserly desire to gain and hoard wealth |
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| actively poisonous; intensely noxious; violently or spitefully hostile |
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| the state of being secluded; retirement; solitude |
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| lethargic indifference; apathy |
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| allowing the possibility of several different meanings, as a word or phrase, esp. with intent to deceive or misguide |
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| resolutely fearless; dauntless |
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| a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, esp. a funeral song or a lament for the dead |
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| characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal |
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| to lessen in force or intensity, as wrath, grief, harshness, or pain; moderate |
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| to appease or pacify, esp. by concessions or conciliatory gestures |
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| extremely wicked or villainous |
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| firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty. |
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| to tear down; demolish; level to the ground |
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