a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.

gigantic; enormous; colossal

suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful

in a direction contrary to the sun's course, considered as unlucky; counterclockwise

having a mildly sickening flavor; slightly nauseating

to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition

causing annoyance, irritation, or aversion; repellent.

characterized by or showing servile obedience and excessive eagerness to please; deferential; fawning:

to make valid; substantiate; confirm

one's opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute

a person who betrays his or her own country by aiding an invading enemy, often serving later in a puppet government; a traitor

a portion of an interior rising above adjacent rooftops and having windows admitting daylight to the interior

a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in Texas won by six runs (meaning “Texas's baseball team”)

a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint

a flat, dull, or trite remark, especially one uttered as if it were fresh or profound

having very little inflection; limited to a narrow pitch range