headlong

a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation

something small, delicate, and exquisitely wrought

erratic and unpredictable in behavior or direction

to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists

unrestrained by law or general morality; lawless; immoral

to make valid; substantiate; confirm

to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain

allowing the possibility of several different meanings, as a word or phrase, especially with intent to deceive or misguide; susceptible of double interpretation; deliberately ambiguous

with hands on the hips and elbows turned outward

a dull-witted, stupid, or ignorant person; dolt

a mark (− or ÷) used in ancient manuscripts to point out spurious, corrupt, doubtful, or superfluous words or passages

a mainly insectivorous marsupial native to Australia and New Guinea

excess; overabundance

very old, old-fashioned, or out of date; antiquated; primitive

gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted