the act or an instance of making something obscure, dark, or difficult to understand

a guide who gives information about antiquities and places of interest to sightseers

knitting; to knit with a reverse stitch

a very timid, unassertive, spineless person, especially one who is easily dominated or intimidated

either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator: about June 21, when the sun reaches its northernmost point on the celestial sphere, or about December 22, when it reaches its southernmost point

extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible

the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent; often used for rhetorical, dramatic, or poetic effect

of, in, or appropriate to spring

of, relating to, or connected with a vocation or occupation

a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead

distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar

lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid

the erection of hairs on the skin due to cold, fear, or excitement

speak or act in an evasive way

a vicious or depraved person; villain

to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition