a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint

to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence

invented or meaningless language; nonsense

extravagant boasting

any flight or journey to a more desirable or congenial place

a beginner in learning anything; novice

miscellaneous pieces of gear and material

characterized by windings and turnings; sinuous; circuitous

a plug stopping the upper end of a pipe, as a recorder or a whistle, and having a narrow slit through which the player blows

overlapping in sequence, as tiles or shingles on a roof

to persuade by flattery or promises; wheedle; coax

to disguise or conceal under a false appearance; dissemble

a quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism

in poetry, a "foot" of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter

without distinctive, interesting, or stimulating qualities; vapid

conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste