[ 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
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