adj. ruddy; reddish; flowery

n. an embellishment or ornamentation

v. to treat scornfully

n. flowing; a continuous moving

v. to incite; arouse

n. patience

v. to prevent; delay

adj. menacing; threatening

v. renounce; repudiate

v. to sink; fail; collapse

n. a loud quarrel; brawl

adj. quarrelsome; unruly; rebellious

n. a painting done on plaster

n. ornamental band on a wall

adj. stubbornly contrary; obstinately disobedient

n. thrift

v. to attack loudly; denounce

adj. so excessive as to be disgusting

adj. union; synthesis

adj. ineffective; useless; fruitless

v. to deny; dispute; oppose

v. to frolic; leap playfully

adj. very talkative; wordy

adj. coarse and uncouth; clumsy

n. cheefulness; kindliness; sociability

v. to divide an area into voting districts in a way that favors a political party

adj. fluent in an insincere way; offhand

v. to prod; urge on

adj. sheer; light and delicate; like cobwebs

v. to tear out; scoop out; overcharge