to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble

the act or an instance of making something obscure, dark, or difficult to understand

very cold; icy

something wanted or needed

a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person

to conspire in a fraud

the infirmity or weakness of old age; senility

stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient

a defense especially of one's opinions, position, or actions

adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful

resembling or containing lead; leaden

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

a yawning fissure or deep cleft in the earth's surface; gorge

to walk through or over; travel through; traverse

to travel or journey, especially to walk on foot

overlapping in sequence, as tiles or shingles on a roof