a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite

to dispense in dollops

of or relating to a deity or other being conceived of as having the form of an animal

to cloud over; becloud; obscure

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

lacking courage or resolution; cowardly; faint-hearted; timid

menacing; threatening

to cut something; to remove by or as if by cutting or clipping with a sharp instrument

a puzzling or inexplicable occurrence or situation

moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality

to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily

(no longer in technical use) a megalithic chamber tomb

a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song

keen insight; shrewdness

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

favorable to or promoting health; healthful