An ancient military engine for hurling stones, arrows; a slingshot:

A discerning judge of the best in any field:

To look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn:

Accomplishment of or ability to accomplish a job with a minimum expenditure of time and effort:

To send forth; emit;

To avoid doing or fulfilling:

To be in its or in one's prime; be at the height of fame, excellence, influence:

Easily impressed or influenced; susceptible:

Not to be endured; intolerable; unbearable:

Feelings of anxiety, obsessional thoughts, compulsive acts, and physical complaints:

Baseless or excessive suspicion of the motives of others:

To annoy or trouble persistently:

To go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw:

A narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water:

Calm, peaceful, or tranquil; unruffled:

Vibratory, shaking, or quivering:

The open country, bearing grass, bushes, or shrubs, or thinly forested, characteristic of parts of southern Africa

Energetic; forceful:

Characterized by melancholy; longing; yearning: