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

eerie; weird; spooky

to use or address with harsh or abusive language; revile

a breach of good manners or etiquette

free from guile; sincere; honest; straightforward; frank

any flight or journey to a more desirable or congenial place

a person, especially a man, who behaves without moral principles or a sense of responsibility, especially in sexual matters; a person who rejects accepted opinions in matters of religion; a freethinker

extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible

characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance

to render absurdly or wholly futile or ineffectual, especially by degrading or frustrating means

the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

a lone dissenter, such as an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from their peers

strongly and stoutly built; sturdy and robust

of, pertaining to, engaged in, or characterized by philanthropy; benevolent

the state of being no longer used or practiced

a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite