a guide who gives information about antiquities and places of interest to sightseers

keen insight; shrewdness

to join closely and intimately

pertaining to or of the nature of a spasm; characterized by spasms

a person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named

the state of being dull; lethargy

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

seeming or trying to seem superior, important, etc.; pompous; pretentious

to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily

establish (an attitude, habit, or belief) so firmly that change is very difficult or unlikely

necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility

smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness

a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite

a three-dimensional shape having twelve plane faces, in particular a regular solid figure with twelve equal pentagonal faces

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

having or showing foresight; providing carefully for the future