having a ready insight into and understanding of things

extremely small; an indefinitely small quantity

a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.

yielding or containing gold

to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master

to bear or conduct (oneself); behave

combat with the fists

an establishment or resumption of harmonious relations

stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient

suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful

to stare stupidly; gape

to persuade by flattery or promises; wheedle; coax

a portion of an interior rising above adjacent rooftops and having windows admitting daylight to the interior

a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things

known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric

a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in Texas won by six runs (meaning “Texas's baseball team”)