friendly; agreeable

holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold

having little or no meaning; making little or no sense

a vicious or depraved person; villain

a false argument; sophism

miscellaneous pieces of gear and material

the partial or imperfect shadow outside the complete shadow of an opaque body, as a planet, where the light from the source of illumination is only partly cut off

the market condition that exists when there are few sellers, as a result of which they can greatly influence price and other market factors

simultaneous occurrence; synchronism

slim; slender in figure or lithe

having a ready insight into and understanding of things

headlong

not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary

a small, dry one-seeded fruit that does not open to release the seed

to run away hurriedly; flee

to suspend the meeting of (a club, legislature, committee, etc.) to a future time, another place, or indefinitely