a flattering or pleasing statement or action used to persuade someone gently to do something

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

a portion of an interior rising above adjacent rooftops and having windows admitting daylight to the interior

humanity or fellow feeling; kindness

beset with woe; affected by woe, especially in appearance; showing or indicating woe

one who is poor but lives in optimistic expectation of better fortune

having very little inflection; limited to a narrow pitch range

a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine

a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead

pertaining to the nature of idiosyncrasy, or something peculiar to an individual

overlapping in sequence, as tiles or shingles on a roof

to suppress or omit; ignore or pass over

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

a substitute

of, characteristic of, or resembling a serpent, as in form or movement

having a pleasant odor; fragrant