extremely distasteful; unacceptable

to comment or discourse at great length

sleight of hand; trickery

characterized by great generosity

to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person

fine arts; a sinuous, spiraling, undulating, or serpentine line or linear motif

characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly

an amorous glance; ogle

without interest, vigor, or determination; listless; lethargic

a colorless plum brandy with a bitter almond taste

to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble

to cloud over; becloud; obscure

the state of being close to someone or something; proximity

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

a playful trick or prank; caper

lateness; delay