causing annoyance, irritation, or aversion; repellent.

of or relating to animals, usually worms or bivalves, that ingest earth or mud to extract the organic matter from it

a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain

dark, gloomy, and cheerless

a box or chest, especially one for valuables

to give a false or misleading appearance to; conceal the truth or real nature of

incisive or keen, as language or a person; caustic; cutting

actively poisonous; intensely noxious

a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another (as in coin, loud, and side)

extremely small; an indefinitely small quantity

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

having very little inflection; limited to a narrow pitch range

keen insight; shrewdness

nonsense, as trivial or senseless talk

awareness, realization, or knowledge; notice; perception

to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night and by lamplight