ridiculous and unpredictable behavior or actions
to exchange playful remarks, tease; talk that is playful and teasing
harm or loss; injury, damage; a disadvantage; a cause of harm, injury, loss, or damage
sturdy, not easily worn out or destroyed; lasting for a long time; consumer goods used repeatedly over a series of years
economical, avoiding waste and luxury; scanty, poor, meager
to make valueless, take away all force or effect
described in well-known stories; existing in old stories (legends) rather than in real life
to cripple, disable, injure, mar, disfigure, mutilate
slanting or sloping; not straightforward or direct
to regard with reverence, look up to with great respect
to assign or distribute in shares or portions
bold, adventurous, recklessly daring
to yield to a request or command
an iron hook used to grab and hold; to come to grips with, wrestle or fight with
to urge on; to stir up, start, incite
in very great numbers; a very great number
immense; extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree
extremely nervous and easily frightened; shy or timid; extremely cautious; unstable, undependable
a rope or chain used to fasten something to a fixed object; the outer limit of strength or resources; to fasten with a rope or chain
a sounding together; agreement or accord
to bring together, collect, gather, especially for oneself; to come together, assemble
not having or using, lacking
the choice part of a group of people or things; superior
to deprive of strength or ability; to make legally ineligible
long life, long duration, length of life
a point of view or general standpoint from which different things are viewed, physically or mentally; the appearance to the eye of various objects at a given time, place, or distance
to trouble, make uneasy; to disturb greatly; to throw into confusion
connected with or related to the matter at hand
to compete; to strive for victory or superiority
stubbornly self-willed; done on purpose, deliberate