holding one's attention completely as though by magic; fascinating

twilight; dusk

strongly and stoutly built; sturdy and robust

condescending; haughty

a lone dissenter, such as an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from their peers

to scald briefly and then drain, as peaches or almonds to facilitate removal of skins, or as rice or macaroni to separate the grains or strands

pertaining to or occurring in the morning; early in the day

lateness; delay

next to the last

to suppress or omit; ignore or pass over

a cause of obsessive fear, irritation, or loathing

a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in Texas won by six runs (meaning “Texas's baseball team”)

a peculiarity of action, behavior, or personality; mannerism

smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness

beset with woe; affected by woe, especially in appearance; showing or indicating woe

a fixed or firm belief