theatrical entertainment consisting of a number of individual performances, acts, or mixed numbers, as by comedians, singers, dancers, acrobats, and magicians

dark, gloomy, and cheerless

to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed

affording remuneration; profitable

actively poisonous; intensely noxious

serving utilitarian purposes only; mechanical; practical

a stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription and associated with the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome, and Greece

keen insight; shrewdness

invented or meaningless language; nonsense

originating in or apprehended by the reason

natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; indigenous

making or having a harsh sound; grating; creaking

resembling or containing lead; leaden

characterized by great generosity

three panels or compartments side by side with pictures or carvings

the provision of nourishment or other necessities of life