natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; indigenous

to join closely and intimately

a common saying or belief with little current meaning or truth

dark, gloomy, and cheerless

a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint

making a hypocritical show of religious devotion, piety, righteousness

a colorless plum brandy with a bitter almond taste

a person who drinks a lot wine

a vicious or depraved person; villain

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

gigantic; enormous; colossal

excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters

to enable or allow the continuation of into the future; keep alive (used most often in reference to something considered harmful or false)

a false report; rumor

a word functioning as a phrase or sentence, as the imperative "Go!"

a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain