[ en-kap-suh-leyt ]

to summarize or condense

[ uhb-see-kwee-uhs ]

characterized by or showing servile obedience and excessive eagerness to please; deferential; fawning:

[ kuhngk-tey-shuhn ]

lateness; delay

[ awr-uh-kuhl ]

a priest or priestess acting as a medium through whom advice or prophecy was sought from the gods in classical antiquity

[ mahy-az-muh ]

a dangerous, foreboding, or deathlike influence or atmosphere

[ klap-trap ]

absurd or nonsensical talk or ideas

[ ee-kwuh-noks ]

the time or date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of approximately equal length

[ li-mer-uhns ]

the state of being infatuated or obsessed with another person, typically experienced involuntarily and characterized by a strong desire for reciprocation of one's feelings but not primarily for a sexual relationship

[ sen-sawr-ee-uhs ]

severely critical; fault-finding; carping