[ as-per-jil-uhm ]

a brush or instrument for sprinkling holy water

[ puhl-kri-tood ]

physical beauty; comeliness

[ in-sin-yoo-eyt ]

to suggest or hint slyly

[ spon-dee ]

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

[ flem ]

self-possession, calmness, or composure

[ gal-vuh-nahyz ]

to startle into sudden activity; stimulate

[ uhn-doo-lee ]

in an improper or inappropriate manner

[ in-kuhn-des-uhnt ]

glowing or white with heat

[ par-uh-si-lee-nee ]

Meteorology—a bright moonlike spot on a lunar halo; a mock moon