of little or no importance or consequence

neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping

characterized by avarice; greedy; covetous

telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; untruthful

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

light, playful banter or raillery

exhausted; very tired

to travel or journey, especially to walk on foot

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

to communicate; impart; make known

to render absurdly or wholly futile or ineffectual, especially by degrading or frustrating means

venomous hostility or intense temper

of Classical Mythology, relating to the deities, spirits, and other dwellings under the earth

a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person

high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious

a deep emotional state of melancholic longing for a person or thing that is absent