[ ih-nawr-mi-tee ]
greatness of size, scope, extent, or influence; immensity
[ pik-uh-resk ]
pertaining to, characteristic of, or characterized by a form of prose fiction originally developed in Spain in which the adventures of an engagingly roguish hero are described in a series of usually humorous or satiric episodes often depicting, in realistic detail, the everyday life of the common people
[ shmooz ]
to chat idly; gossip
[ kor-ee ]
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain
[ rik-uh-shey ]
the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting one or more times from the surface over which it is passing or against which it hits a glancing blow
[ fee-bruhl ]
pertaining to or marked by fever; feverish
[ mel-uh-druh-mat-ik ]
exaggerated and emotional or sentimental; sensational or sensationalized; overdramatic
[ milk-tohst ]
a very timid, unassertive, spineless person, especially one who is easily dominated or intimidated
[ maj-uh-streyt ]
a civil officer or lay judge who administers the law, especially one who conducts a court that deals with minor offenses and holds preliminary hearings for more serious ones
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