actively poisonous; intensely noxious

sullen or shy in company

highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, anticipation, etc.

watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent; well-considered

a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in Texas won by six runs (meaning “Texas's baseball team”)

commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative

a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite

a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly"

the Dutch practice of jogging or walking into the wind, especially in the winter, for the purpose of feeling invigorated while relieving stress and boosting one’s general health

the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time

foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly; witless

the theory that only the self exists, or can be proved to exist

a plug stopping the upper end of a pipe, as a recorder or a whistle, and having a narrow slit through which the player blows

any flight or journey to a more desirable or congenial place

to criticize or reprimand severely

to laugh loudly or immoderately