having a slightly salty or briny flavor

generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness

an unfortunate event or series of events

publicly criticize (someone or something) by using ridicule, irony, or sarcasm

refined, educated, and cultured; also refers to land prepared for growing crops.

a stone coffin, typically adorned with a sculpture or inscription and associated with the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome, and Greece

to shake up

a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief

a legal officer to whom some degree of authority is given

coming or being after the customary, useful, or expected time

talking or tending to talk much or freely; talkative; chattering; babbling; garrulous

opposition; contrast

a cluster of stars in the constellation taurus that includes six stars in the form of a very small dipper.

a person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named

violent anger or rage

having very little inflection; limited to a narrow pitch range

any of a class of natural earths, mixtures of hydrated oxide of iron with various earthy materials, ranging in color from pale yellow to orange and red, and used as pigments

a type of theatrical presentation in which a company presents several works regularly or in alternate sequence in one season

a woman’s dressing gown

a substitute

fake; false

a person given to voluble, empty talk; nonsense; blather

unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve

gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible