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

of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious

a person given to voluble, empty talk; nonsense; blather

jewel

a person who lived before the Flood; a very old or old-fashioned person or thing

solemnly renounce

to repeat; reiterate

smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness

a feeling of doubt, distrust, or apprehension

selecting or choosing from various sources

of the present time; modern

the point farthest from the sun in the path of an orbiting celestial body (such as a planet)

deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness

to clear, as from an accusation, imputation, suspicion, or the like

mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner

a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation