having little or no money; penniless; poor

not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable

a false and malicious statement designed to injure the reputation of someone or something

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)

a portion of an interior rising above adjacent rooftops and having windows admitting daylight to the interior

to cooperate secretly; conspire (often followed by with)

frank and simple good-heartedness; a good-natured manner; friendliness; geniality

any flight or journey to a more desirable or congenial place

dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; insecure

extremely small; an indefinitely small quantity

to travel or journey, especially to walk on foot

a rogue or a scoundrel

speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic

the act of making a negative situation feel worse than it is

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

of Classical Mythology, relating to the deities, spirits, and other dwellings under the earth