having little or no money; penniless; poor

resembling or containing lead; leaden

portraying strict and inflexible judgment

to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain

a mania characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance, especially as prevalent in southern Italy from the 15th to the 17th century, popularly attributed to the bite of the tarantula

(of ideas or writings) dry and uninteresting

modesty or shyness resulting from a lack of self-confidence

to fuse into one entity; merge

adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful

not dissoluble; incapable of being dissolved, decomposed, undone, or destroyed

having very little inflection; limited to a narrow pitch range

of or relating to animals, usually worms or bivalves, that ingest earth or mud to extract the organic matter from it

a yawning fissure or deep cleft in the earth's surface; gorge

to dispense in dollops

to form small squares or blocks, as floors or pavements; form or arrange in a checkered or mosaic pattern

ice crystals formed in turbulent water, as in swift streams or rough seas