presenting favorable conditions; favorable

a pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather

to produce, cause, or give rise to

corresponding in amount, magnitude, or degree

originating in or apprehended by the reason

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

utterly detestable; abominable; abhorrent

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

to disguise or conceal under a false appearance; dissemble

intended to entrap or beguile

erratic and unpredictable in behavior or direction

to conspire in a fraud

pertaining to the nature of idiosyncrasy, or something peculiar to an individual

obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained

a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in Texas won by six runs (meaning “Texas's baseball team”)

a deep emotional state of melancholic longing for a person or thing that is absent