[ 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
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