a sudden and favorable resolution of events in a story; a happy ending

abrupt in manner; blunt; rough

to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of

extremely small; an indefinitely small quantity

boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting

characterized by avarice; greedy; covetous

to see (something unclear or distant) by looking carefully; discern; espy

absurd or nonsensical talk or ideas

the act of making a negative situation feel worse than it is

menacing; threatening

allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent; clear

one's range of knowledge or sight

to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary

utterly detestable; abominable; abhorrent

the greedy pursuit of riches

a heterogeneous mixture; jumble