(n.) a thing of little value

(n.) deep regret for any past action

(n.) anything that foreshadows a future event; a person who goes ahead and announce the approach of another.

(n.) moral or ethical standards that act as a restraining force or inhibit certain actions.

(n.) nerve; bitterness or spirit; malice; defiance

(n.) the act of praising someone; compliments

(v.) to pay or give compensation for; make restitution

(v.) to shrink or waste away; to degenerate

(v.) to discipline harshly; to purify

(v.) to obstruct or hinder the movement or progression of

(adj.) temporary or provisional

(adj.) predictive

(adj.) extremely serious or urgent; foreshadowing disaster

(v.) to beg urgently and/or piteously