holding one's attention completely as though by magic; fascinating

to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists

flashing or sparkling

well-deserved; fitting; adequate

a person who betrays his or her own country by aiding an invading enemy, often serving later in a puppet government; a traitor

make a comically or repulsively ugly face

to criticize or reprimand severely

without interest, vigor, or determination; listless; lethargic

stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient

the quality of being insouciant; lack of care or concern; indifference

to chat idly; gossip

make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better

anything that transforms, purifies, or refines

extremely distasteful; unacceptable

a sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable, in which the sound begins as one vowel and moves toward another (as in coin, loud, and side)

commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative