having little or no money; penniless; poor

a plug stopping the upper end of a pipe, as a recorder or a whistle, and having a narrow slit through which the player blows

the provision of nourishment or other necessities of life

awareness, realization, or knowledge; notice; perception

pertaining to dancing

difficult to understand; obscure

easily crumbled or reduced to powder; crumbly

a sexually unrestrained woman

to conspire in a fraud

outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended

given to or characterized by gross excess in drinking or eating

a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite

having a ready insight into and understanding of things

neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping

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

modesty or shyness resulting from a lack of self-confidence