having a ready insight into and understanding of things

to grow or produce by multiplication of parts, as in budding or cell division, or by procreation

of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use

a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in Texas won by six runs (meaning “Texas's baseball team”)

a cause of obsessive fear, irritation, or loathing

to bear or conduct (oneself); behave

a song or poem celebrating an upcoming wedding

unmoved by persuasion, pity, or tender feelings; stubborn; unyielding

without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid

adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful

keenly distressing to the feelings

personification, as of inanimate things

lacking in wholesome vigor; decadent

a pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather

an instrument used for measuring the angle or elevation of slopes

the market condition that exists when there are few sellers, as a result of which they can greatly influence price and other market factors