objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome

either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator: about June 21, when the sun reaches its northernmost point on the celestial sphere, or about December 22, when it reaches its southernmost point

a very timid, unassertive, spineless person, especially one who is easily dominated or intimidated

exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; especially delicious or fragrant

a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine

to criticize or reprimand severely

a pictorial symbol used in ritualistic magic and supposed to have supernatural power

to make valid; substantiate; confirm

a person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion

to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally

former; erstwhile

deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful

a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly"

holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold

any external prop or support built to steady a structure by opposing its outward thrusts, especially a projecting support built into or against the outside of a masonry wall

powerful; mighty; potent