[ 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