[ 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
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