to run away hurriedly; flee

arrogantly superior and disdainful

one who is poor but lives in optimistic expectation of better fortune

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

to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary

a clamorous and vigorous attempt to win customers or advance any cause; blatant advertising or publicity

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

a peculiarity of action, behavior, or personality; mannerism

allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent; clear

foolish or inane, especially in an unconscious, complacent manner; silly; witless

a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person

speaking or expressed in a concise or terse style; using brevity of speech

a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom

a flattering or pleasing statement or action used to persuade someone gently to do something

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

distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar