solemnly renounce

serving utilitarian purposes only; mechanical; practical

light and slightly contemptuous mockery or banter

Meteorology—a bright moonlike spot on a lunar halo; a mock moon

to scald briefly and then drain, as peaches or almonds to facilitate removal of skins, or as rice or macaroni to separate the grains or strands

having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd

an environmental cue, as the length of daylight or the degree of temperature, that helps to regulate the cycles of an organism's biological clock

deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful

corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree

extremely small; an indefinitely small quantity

holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold

moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality

favorable to or promoting health; healthful

knitting; to knit with a reverse stitch

of common or frequent occurrence; prevalent; in widespread existence, activity, or use

having little or no money; penniless; poor