a stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription and associated with the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome, and Greece

to criticize or reprimand severely

to comment or discourse at great length

lacking initiative or strength of character; irresponsible

to think out; devise; invent

characterized by windings and turnings; sinuous; circuitous

any large, overpowering force or object, such as war, a giant battleship, or a powerful football team

seeming or trying to seem superior, important, etc.; pompous; pretentious

a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another (as in coin, loud, and side)

an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound

young, new, or inexperienced

a substitute

to let pass without notice; disregard

to irritate, annoy, or exasperate

impressively or overwhelmingly large, luxurious, etc.

causing or capable of causing laughter; laughable; ludicrous