highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, anticipation, etc.

confused, incoherent, foolish, or meaningless talk

to express earnest disapproval of

mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner

of or relating to the deities, spirits, and other beings dwelling under the earth

the principle or practice of unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others (opposed to egoism)

to cloud over; becloud; obscure

the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent; often used for rhetorical, dramatic, or poetic effect

very cold; icy

a box or chest, especially one for valuables

to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.

the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy

to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain

a mainly insectivorous marsupial native to Australia and New Guinea

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)

sleepy; drowsy