[ blath-er-skahyt ]

a person given to voluble, empty talk; nonsense; blather

[ aw-steer ]

(of living conditions or a way of life) having no comforts or luxuries; harsh or ascetic

[ bon-uh-mee ]

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

[ mit-i-geyt ]

to make less severe

[ pyoo-er-il ]

childishly foolish, immature, or trivial

[ bawr-buh-rig-muhs ]

a rumbling or gurgling noise made by the movement of fluid and gas in the intestines

[ uh-bis ]

a vast chasm, or a deep immeasurable space or cavity

[ mi-caw-ber ]

one who is poor but lives in optimistic expectation of better fortune

[ pleth-er-uh ]

overabundance; excess