(v.) to bear witness, affirm to be true or genuine

(v.) to fit together exactly; to connect so as to form a whole; (n.) a carpentry figure resembling a dove's tail

(n.) the quality of exceeding all moral bounds; an exceedingly evil act; huge size, immensity

(v.) to hesitate, stumble, lose courage; to speak hesitatingly; to lose drive, weaken, decline

(n.) a warning or feeling that something bad will happen; (adj.) marked by fear, ominous

(adj.) totally abandoned and helpless; sad and lonely; wretched or pitiful; almost hopeless

(adj.) chillingly proud and scornful

(n.) a physical defect; a hindrance, obstacle

(adj.) necessary, urgent; (n.) a form of a verb expressing a command; that which is necessary or required

(v.) to linger in an aimless way, hang around, dawdle, tarry

(v.) to pretend illness to avoid duty or work, lie down on the job

(adj.) short but full of meaning and point

(v.) to rob by force, especially during wartime; to seize wrongfully; (n.) property stolen by force

(v.) to smile or speak in a silly, forced way; (n.) a silly, forced smile

(adj.) firmly fixed; constant, not moving or changing

(adj.) much boasted about in a vain or swaggering way

(v.) to abuse or belittle unjustly or maliciously

(n.) a person (usually a child) without a home or friend; a stray person or animal; something that comes along by chance, a stray bit

(adj.) twisted, turned to one side; cleverly and often grimly humorous