waste money or time on unnecessary or questionable projects

a sudden violent squall blowing offshore from a mountainous coast

theatrical entertainment consisting of a number of individual performances, acts, or mixed numbers, as by comedians, singers, dancers, acrobats, and magicians

to bear or conduct (oneself); behave

watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent; well-considered

a lone dissenter, such as an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from their peers

a hand in which no card is higher than a nine

an emollient medicine, lotion, salve, etc.

to treat with insolence; bully; torment

adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful

a sexually unrestrained woman

solemnly renounce

a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine

to dispense in dollops

to sink (a vessel) deliberately, especially by opening seacocks or making openings in the hull

the principle or practice of unselfish concern for or devotion to the welfare of others (opposed to egoism)