excessively harsh and severe

to form small squares or blocks, as floors or pavements; form or arrange in a checkered or mosaic pattern

satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune

glowing or glittering with red or golden light

a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint

to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely

to think out; devise; invent

characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly

to explain, worry about, or work at (something) repeatedly or more than is necessary

the state of being dull; lethargy

settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like

a state of perplexity or uncertainty, especially as to what to do; dilemma

fortification; a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work

headlong

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

heart-shaped