a defense especially of one's opinions, position, or actions

seeming or trying to seem superior, important, etc.; pompous; pretentious

likely to occur at any moment; impending

the function or work of a teacher; teaching

to enable or allow the continuation of into the future; keep alive (used most often in reference to something considered harmful or false)

a common saying or belief with little current meaning or truth

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

pertaining to dancing

menacing; threatening

selecting or choosing from various sources

a word functioning as a phrase or sentence, as the imperative "Go!"

a popular card game played by two, three, or four persons, with a 48-card deck

of a glutinous nature or consistency; sticky; thick; adhesive

make a comically or repulsively ugly face

choosing to be involved in an illegal or questionable act, especially with others; having complicity

in conflict with; incompatible with