[ spon-dee ]

in poetry, a "foot" of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter

[ lib-er-teen, lib-er-tin ]

characterized by a disregard of morality, especially in sexual matters; freethinking in matters of religion

[ tohm ]

a book, especially a large, heavy, scholarly one

[ am-bi-dek-struhs ]

able to use both hands equally well

[ 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

[ skey-thing ]

bitterly severe, as in a remark

[ dahy-af-uh-nuhs ]

very sheer and light; almost completely transparent or translucent

[ in-awr-dn-it ]

unusually or disproportionately large; excessive

[ a-duhm-breyt ]

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