beaming with happiness, optimism, or anticipation

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

the concluding section in musical and poetic bar form

speaking or expressed in a concise or terse style; using brevity of speech

the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time

a person whose hobby is using a metal detector

slim; slender in figure or lithe

the act of clearing someone of blame or of an accusation or criminal charge

having or showing equanimity; even-tempered

incisive or keen, as language or a person; caustic; cutting

to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper

wild; frenzied

invented or meaningless language; nonsense

to abolish by formal or official means; annul by an authoritative act; repeal

of the nature of or resembling that of sugar

of, characteristic of, or resembling a serpent, as in form or movement