to issue denunciations or the like

a fear of the number 13

highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, anticipation, etc.

childishly foolish, immature, or trivial

a stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription and associated with the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome, and Greece

utterly unyielding or firm in attitude or opinion

a mental condition characterized by great depression of spirits and gloomy forebodings

sullen or shy in company

a person, especially a man, who behaves without moral principles or a sense of responsibility, especially in sexual matters; a person who rejects accepted opinions in matters of religion; a freethinker

to work, write, or study laboriously, especially at night and by lamplight

characterized by long words

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

of the present time; modern

to accuse of or present proof of a crime or fault

to grow or produce by multiplication of parts, as in budding or cell division, or by procreation

a pictorial symbol used in ritualistic magic and supposed to have supernatural power