[ grand-dee-ohs ]

affectedly grand or important; pompous

[ hek-ter ]

to treat with insolence; bully; torment

[ dwin-dl ]

to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away

[ yahr-bur-oh ]

a hand in which no card is higher than a nine

[ suh-lil-uh-kwee ]

an utterance or discourse by a person who is talking to himself or herself or is disregardful of or oblivious to any hearers present

[ tar-uh-did-l ]

a small lie; fib

[ em-pir-i-kuhl ]

derived from or guided by experience or experiment

[ joor-is-prood-ns ]

a legal system

[ ih-theer-ee-uhl ]

extremely delicate and light in a way that seems too perfect for this world