high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious

making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness

a fear of the number 13

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

(of the voice or speech) characterized by strength, fullness, richness, and clearness

miscellaneous pieces of gear and material

arrogantly superior and disdainful

deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness

to produce, cause, or give rise to

actively poisonous; intensely noxious

very disorganized; messy or confused

twilight; dusk

a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song

make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better

of the nature of or resembling that of sugar

moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality