[ uhb-see-kwee-uhs ]

characterized by or showing servile obedience and excessive eagerness to please; deferential; fawning:

[ môr′ē-ə ]

dullness of mind; mental lethargy; a mental state characterized by frivolity, joviality, and the inability to be serious

[ tree-kuhl ]

molasses, especially that which is drained from the vats used in sugar refining

[ nee-uh-fahyt ]

a person newly converted to a belief, as a heathen, heretic, or nonbeliever; proselyte

[ buhm-fuhz-uhl ]

to confuse or fluster

[ plots ]

to collapse or faint, as from surprise, excitement, or exhaustion

[ flech-uh-rahyz ]

to chew (food) slowly and thoroughly

[ uh-mawr-fuhs ]

without a clearly defined shape or form; lacking a clear structure or focus

[ pahy-bawld ]

having patches of black and white or of other colors; parti-colored