[ bad-n-ahzh ]

light, playful banter or raillery

[ uh-brij ]

to shorten by omissions while retaining the basic contents

[ rek-wee-uhm ]

any musical service, hymn, or dirge for the repose of the dead

[ kom-uh-ney-tuh-ree ]

a threat of punishment or vengeance

[ juht ]

to extend beyond the main body or line; project; protrude (often followed by out)

[ ban-shee ]

(in Irish legend) a female spirit whose wailing warns of an impending death in a house

[ vaw-rey-shuhs ]

craving or consuming large quantities of food

[ yoo-klid-ee-uhn ]

of or relating to the system of geometry based on the work of Euclid and corresponding to the geometry of ordinary experience

[ maj-uh-streyt ]

a civil officer or lay judge who administers the law, especially one who conducts a court that deals with minor offenses and holds preliminary hearings for more serious ones