yielding or containing gold

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

to cut something; to remove by or as if by cutting or clipping with a sharp instrument

to run away hurriedly; flee

the quality of being insouciant; lack of care or concern; indifference

a lover of words

a sudden violent squall blowing offshore from a mountainous coast

a collection of 24 or sometimes 25 sheets of paper of the same size and quality: one twentieth of a ream

extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible

noisy and difficult to control

invented or meaningless language; nonsense

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

to turn renegade

cunning; sly

the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

simultaneous occurrence; synchronism