[ 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