marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable, humiliating

an irrational dislike; loathing

something that strongly attracts attention by its brilliance, interest, etc.

a word functioning as a phrase or sentence, as the imperative "Go!"

each of two or more words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins

a person living in seclusion

a poem or piece of music appropriate to the dawn or early morning

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

refuse given to hogs; swill

a hand in which no card is higher than a nine

an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc.

personification, as of inanimate things

obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained

to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.

to fuse into one entity; merge

gigantic; enormous; colossal