[ vir-yuh-luhns ]

venomous hostility or intense temper

[ pif-uhl ]

nonsense, as trivial or senseless talk

[ pal-in-drohm ]

a word, line, verse, number, sentence, etc., reading the same backward as forward, as "Madam, I'm Adam" or "Poor Dan is in a droop"

[ in-kawr-puh-reyt ]

to put or introduce into a body or mass as an integral part or parts

[ hek-ter ]

to treat with insolence; bully; torment

[ wist-fuhl ]

characterized by melancholy or longing

[ broo-muhl ]

wintry

[ ig-zon-uh-reyt ]

to clear, as of an accusation; free from guilt or blame; exculpate

[ ey-peks ]

the tip, point, or vertex; summit