[ pyoo-uh-suhnt; pwis-uhnt ]

powerful; mighty; potent

[ im-pi-kyoo-nee-uhs ]

having little or no money; penniless; poor

[ fee-bruhl ]

pertaining to or marked by fever; feverish

[ tar-uhn-tiz-uhm ]

a mania characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance, especially as prevalent in southern Italy from the 15th to the 17th century, popularly attributed to the bite of the tarantula

[ ik-stohl ]

to praise highly; laud; eulogize

[ si-nek-duh-kee ]

a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in Texas won by six runs (meaning “Texas's baseball team”)

[ kom-uh-ney-tuh-ree ]

a threat of punishment or vengeance

[ gar-uh-luhs ]

excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters

[ thoh-nee-uhn ]

of Classical Mythology, relating to the deities, spirits, and other dwellings under the earth