to explain, worry about, or work at (something) repeatedly or more than is necessary

keen insight; shrewdness

requiring painstaking care

deliberate breach of faith or trust; faithlessness; treachery

deep blue; sky blue; azure

characterized by long words

the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent; often used for rhetorical, dramatic, or poetic effect

to chat idly; gossip

(no longer in technical use) a megalithic chamber tomb

to cloud over; becloud; obscure

Meteorology—a bright moonlike spot on a lunar halo; a mock moon

to infer (an unknown) from something that is known; conjecture

exhausted; very tired

to form small squares or blocks, as floors or pavements; form or arrange in a checkered or mosaic pattern

invented or meaningless language; nonsense

obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained