a box or chest, especially one for valuables

serving as a protector, guardian, or patron

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

to criticize or reprimand severely

high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious

cunning; sly

gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted

in a direction contrary to the sun's course, considered as unlucky; counterclockwise

to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily

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

former; erstwhile

the act or an instance of making something obscure, dark, or difficult to understand

large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful

seeming or trying to seem superior, important, etc.; pompous; pretentious

difficult to understand; obscure

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