[ ahr-bi-trer-ee ]
based on whim or personal preference, without reason or pattern; random
[ buh-naw-sik ]
serving utilitarian purposes only; mechanical; practical
[ ep-uh-nim ]
a person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named
[ tem-pes-choo-uhs ]
characterized by or subject to tempests
[ kawr-uh-ban-tik ]
wild; frenzied
[ dee-fen-uh-streyt ]
to throw (a person or thing) out of a window
[ ahy-kawr ]
from Classical Mythology: the blood of the gods
[ in-vey-guhl ]
to acquire, win, or obtain by beguiling talk or methods (usually followed by from or away)
[ aw-steer ]
(of living conditions or a way of life) having no comforts or luxuries; harsh or ascetic
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