arrogantly superior and disdainful

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

to dispense in dollops

encouraging a person to learn, discover, understand, or solve problems on his or her own, as by experimenting, evaluating possible answers or solutions, or by trial and error

an instrument used for measuring the angle or elevation of slopes

to travel or journey, especially to walk on foot

not being what it purports to be; false or fake

to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition

a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism

extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible

to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person

fortification; a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work

holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold

boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting

having a background sprinkled with representations of flowers, as certain tapestries or pieces of glasswork

not dissoluble; incapable of being dissolved, decomposed, undone, or destroyed