[ in-sip-ee-uhnt ]

beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stage

[ mahr-mawr-ee-uhl ]

of or like marble

[ kav-uh-leer ]

offhand or unceremonious

[ spyoor-ee-uhs ]

(of offspring) illegitimate

[ pal-uh-tuh-buhl ]

acceptable or agreeable to the palate or taste; savory

[ spon-dee ]

in poetry, a "foot" of two syllables, both of which are long in quantitative meter or stressed in accentual meter

[ pyoo-uh-suhnt; pwis-uhnt ]

powerful; mighty; potent

[ chur-lish ]

like a churl; boorish; rude

[ soo-pur-floo-uhs ]

being more than is sufficient or required; excessive