[ skey-thing ]

bitterly severe, as in a remark

[ is-muhs ]

a narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, connecting two larger bodies of land

[ uh-naf-er-uh ]

the use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition, such as "I like it and so do they"

[ guhl-uh-buhl ]

easily deceived or cheated

[ in-trep-id ]

resolutely fearless; dauntless

[ tsahyt-gahyst ]

the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time

[ sood-n-im ]

a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; pen name

[ mal-uh-prop-iz-uhm ]

an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound

[ vol-yuh-buhl ]

characterized by a ready and continuous flow of words; fluent; glib; talkative