adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful

to make valid; substantiate; confirm

modesty or shyness resulting from a lack of self-confidence

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

to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily

an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc.

a mainly insectivorous marsupial native to Australia and New Guinea

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

the quality of being insouciant; lack of care or concern; indifference

a collection of 24 or sometimes 25 sheets of paper of the same size and quality: one twentieth of a ream

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

Meteorology—a bright moonlike spot on a lunar halo; a mock moon

boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting

jewel

to laugh loudly or immoderately

a finely granular variety of gypsum, often white and translucent, used for ornamental objects or work, such as lamp bases, figurines, etc.