a mental condition characterized by great depression of spirits and gloomy forebodings

injurious to health

frank and simple good-heartedness; a good-natured manner; friendliness; geniality

to wipe out; do away with; expunge

affording remuneration; profitable

marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable, humiliating

to comment or discourse at great length

to join closely and intimately

enjoy oneself or celebrate in a noisy or boisterous way

allowing the maximum passage of light, as glass; translucent; clear

a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song

work or activity that is wasteful or pointless but gives the appearance of having value

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

watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent; well-considered

childishly foolish, immature, or trivial

an instrument used for measuring the angle or elevation of slopes