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

to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently

to see (something unclear or distant) by looking carefully; discern; espy

to drive off in various directions; disperse; dissipate

glowing or glittering with red or golden light

causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful

the state of being dull; lethargy

a short, wide strip of fabric worn by men around the neck and tucked inside an open-necked shirt

not to be disputed or contested

to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily

a small lie; fib

to suppress or omit; ignore or pass over

a substitute

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)

having very little inflection; limited to a narrow pitch range

a feeling of doubt, distrust, or apprehension