to drive off in various directions; disperse; dissipate

high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious

to infer (an unknown) from something that is known; conjecture

the provision of nourishment or other necessities of life

an airship

to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess

characterized by great generosity

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

a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song

to denounce or berate severely; flay verbally

childishly foolish, immature, or trivial

alluring by a show of flashy or vulgar attractions; tawdry

to suppress or omit; ignore or pass over

to treat with insolence; bully; torment

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