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| to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent |
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| 1. | a variegated chalcedony showing curved, colored bands or other markings. |
| 2. | a playing marble made of this substance, or of glass in imitation of it. |
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| 1. | to expel from or relegate to a country or place by authoritative decree; condemn to exile: He was banished to Devil's Island. |
| 2. | to compel to depart; send, drive, or put away: to banish sorrow. |
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| fabric woven with an elaborate design |
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| 1. | an Irish accent in the pronunciation of English. |
| 2. | any strong regional accent. |
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| A small house or cottage usually having a single story and sometimes an additional attic story. |
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| a badge consisting of stripes meeting at an angle, worn on the sleeve by noncommissioned officers, police officers, etc., as an indication of rank, service, or the like. |
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| 1. | to treat tenderly; nurse or tend indulgently; pamper: to coddle children when they're sick. |
| 2. | to cook (eggs, fruit, etc.) in water that is just below the boiling point; cook gently. |
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| a shape resembling a segment of a ring tapering to points at the ends. |
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| rudely brief in speech or abrupt in manner |
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| a reversible fabric of linen, silk, cotton, or wool, woven with patterns |
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| causing or involving great fear or suffering; dreadful; terrible |
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| to enclose in or as in a case |
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| the act or practice of spying |
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| excessively particular, critical, or demanding; hard to please |
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| deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage |
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| to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current |
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| a fixed frame of bars or the like covering an opening to exclude persons, animals, coarse material, or objects while admitting light, air, or fine material. |
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| receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously |
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| without emotion; apathetic; unmoved. |
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| to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner |
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| the chanting or uttering of words purporting to have magical power |
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| not consolable; that cannot be comforted; disconsolate |
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| not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical |
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| the celebration of any of certain anniversaries |
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| a toilet or something used as a toilet, as a trench in the earth in a camp, or bivouac area. |
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| expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion |
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| to move or run with bounding steps, as a quadruped, or with a long, easy stride, as a person |
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| radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright. |
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| a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment. |
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| a disposition or tendency to look on the more favorable side of events or conditions and to expect the most favorable outcome. |
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| any of several trees of the genus of North America, bearing astringent, plumlike fruit that is sweet and edible when ripe |
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| pertaining or relating directly and significantly to the matter at hand; relevant |
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| full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought. |
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| to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages |
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| to soften in feeling, temper, or determination; become more mild, compassionate, or forgiving. |
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| to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure. |
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| firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion. |
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| a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing |
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| a person who commits or practices sabotage |
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| to a harsh or bitter derision or irony |
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| to faint; lose consciousness. |
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| to commit: to perpetrate a crime. |
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| a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee. |
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| 1. | a violent spasm or pang; paroxysm. |
| 2. | a sharp attack of emotion. |
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