a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint

having or showing acute mental discernment and keen practical sense; shrewd

not stylish; drab; old-fashioned

to cry in a thin voice; whine; whimper

unrestrained by law or general morality; lawless; immoral

to dispense in dollops

stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient

a soft murmuring or rustling sound; whisper

erratic and unpredictable in behavior or direction

a person living in seclusion

to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed

a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc.

to make valid; substantiate; confirm

a fixed or firm belief

a three-dimensional shape having twelve plane faces, in particular a regular solid figure with twelve equal pentagonal faces

having a background sprinkled with representations of flowers, as certain tapestries or pieces of glasswork