the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

to settle securely or snugly; to cover or shelter; hide securely

glowing or glittering with red or golden light

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”)

an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc.

(of ideas or writings) dry and uninteresting

a bitter, sharply abusive denunciation, attack, or criticism

very loud or powerful in sound

to rush violently; move with great speed

former; erstwhile

neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping

equivalent, as in value, force, effect, or signification

to give notice to; inform; advise (often followed by 'of')

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

a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly"

sleepy; drowsy