characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly

the act or an instance of making something obscure, dark, or difficult to understand

venomous hostility or intense temper

flashing or sparkling

to repeat; reiterate

the point farthest from the sun in the path of an orbiting celestial body (such as a planet)

the greedy pursuit of riches

nonsense, as trivial or senseless talk

a three-dimensional shape having twelve plane faces, in particular a regular solid figure with twelve equal pentagonal faces

the fruit of a citrus plant

excessively harsh and severe

to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess

to persuade by flattery or promises; wheedle; coax

in a direction contrary to the sun's course, considered as unlucky; counterclockwise

to enlarge in discourse or writing; be copious in description or discussion

to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.