having or showing equanimity; even-tempered

light, playful banter or raillery

telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; untruthful

eerie; weird; spooky

former; erstwhile

a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint

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

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

a person who drinks a lot wine

a yawning fissure or deep cleft in the earth's surface; gorge

making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking

a false argument; sophism

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

high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious

to glide toward the earth in an airplane, with no motor power or with the power shut off

adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful