[ splen-dif-er-uhs ]

splendid; magnificent; fine

[ bev-ee ]

a group of birds, as larks or quail, or animals, as roebucks, in close association

[ er-yoo-dahyt, er-oo-dahyt ]

characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly

[ boon-dog-uhl ]

waste money or time on unnecessary or questionable projects

[ lang-gwid ]

displaying or having a disinclination for physical exertion or effort; slow and relaxed

[ blahyth ]

happy or joyous

[ uh-ten-yoo-eyt ]

to weaken or reduce in force, intensity, effect, quantity, or value

[ pik-uh-resk ]

pertaining to, characteristic of, or characterized by a form of prose fiction originally developed in Spain in which the adventures of an engagingly roguish hero are described in a series of usually humorous or satiric episodes often depicting, in realistic detail, the everyday life of the common people

[ a-duhm-breyt ]

to produce a faint image or resemblance of; to outline or sketch