| gradual return to health and strength after illness | | |
| to win over by coaxing, flattery, or artful talk | | |
| impressively great in size, force, or extant; enormous | | |
| an object or a representation that functions as a symbol | | |
| one that lacks sense or substance | | |
| play on words, sometimes on different senses of the same word and sometimes on the similar sense or sound of different words | | |
| commanding respect by virtue of age, dignity, character, or position | | |
| to make tough by habitual exposure | | |
| to exhilarate or stupefy as if with alcohol | | |
| deep-seated, often mutual hatred | | |
| the state or condition of competition or antagonism | | |
| susceptible to physical or emotional injury | | |
| place for the care of the sick or injured, especially a small hospital | | |
| expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds | | |
| a fundamental set of rules having authoritative weight; ten commandments | | |
| to move or cause to move with bumps and jolts; bounce | | |
| to urge by strong, often stirring argument, admonition, advice, or appeal | | |
| to clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt | | |
| position or office that requires little or no work but provides a salary | | |
| the killing of one's brother or sister | | |
| poisonous element | | |
| to look or stare angrily or sullenly | | |
| angered at something unjust or wrong | | |
| an indirect (and usually malicious) implication | | |
| the act of giving, leaving by will, or passing on to another | | |
| particular way or manner of moving on foot | | |
| sharp contortion of the face expressive of pain, contempt, or disguts | | |
| person who is easily tricked or cheated; a dupe | | |
| an extravagant, erratic, or unpredictable notion, action, or occurrence | | |
| having great variety; diverse | | |
| an expression of approval; praise | | |
| an indication or warning of a future occurrence; an omen; a feeling or intuition of what is going to occur | | |
| a leave of absence or vacation, especially one granted to a member of the armed forces | | |
| an answer, especially to a reply | | |
| communication by means of gesture and facial expression | | |
| not spoken; implied by or inferred from actions or statements | | |
| deceitfully or treacherously cunning | | |
| possessed at birth; inborn | | |
| regular rising and falling or movement to alternating sides | | |
| bitter hostility or open enmity; active hatred | | |
| surrounded by; in the middle of | | |
| profoundly moving; touching | | |
| warlike in manner or temperament; pugnacious | | |
| to wrinkle or contract the brow as an expression of anger or disapproval | | |