having a mildly sickening flavor; slightly nauseating

a small, dry one-seeded fruit that does not open to release the seed

alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry

well-deserved; fitting; adequate

utterly detestable; abominable; abhorrent

choosing to be involved in an illegal or questionable act, especially with others; having complicity

a person, especially a man, who behaves without moral principles or a sense of responsibility, especially in sexual matters; a person who rejects accepted opinions in matters of religion; a freethinker

to understand thoroughly and intuitively

characterized by great generosity

nonsense, as trivial or senseless talk

the act of clearing someone of blame or of an accusation or criminal charge

presenting favorable conditions; favorable

obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained

an irrational dislike; loathing

to grow together; adhere (usually followed by to)

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