[ ey-lee-uh-tawr-ee ]

in legal terms, depending on a contingent event

[ suhb-ter-fyooj ]

an artifice or expedient used to evade a rule, escape a consequence, hide something, etc.

[ ey-keen ]

a small, dry one-seeded fruit that does not open to release the seed

[ muh-lahr-kee ]

meaningless talk; nonsense

[ pal-ee-eyt ]

to relieve or lessen without curing; mitigate; alleviate

[ nak-erd ]

exhausted; very tired

[ pi-nuhl-tuh-mit ]

next to the last

[ don-ee-brook ]

an inordinately wild fight or contentious dispute; brawl; free-for-all

[ kleer-stawr-ee ]

a portion of an interior rising above adjacent rooftops and having windows admitting daylight to the interior