Vocab1

A person who habitually borrows or lives at the expense of others.

leech, parasite, or loaf.

A Hungarian national dance in two movements, one slow and the other fast.

Having or involving obligations or responsibilities, especially legal ones, that outweigh the advantages.

Syn: Arduous; austere; burdensome.

Ant: Common; easy; trivial.

To complain; fret; grumble.

The rewards and delights of life.

Head of Catholic Church. 

syn: bishop; pope.

A parody, satire, or pasquil, 

A sandbar, bank, or bar.

an omen, sign, or herald.

to yelp, squawk, or bawl.

The study of the distribution and patterning of speech sounds in a language and of the tacit rules governing pronunciation;

accent, articulation, or diction.

• a misspeaking, lapsus linguae, or solecism.

the unresolved desire of a child for sexual gratification through the parent of the opposite sex, especially the desire of a son for his mother. This involves, first, identification with and, later, hatred for the parent of the same sex, who is considered by the child as a rival.

to abjure, abnegate, or demit.

to abandon, surrender;

abalienate, abdicate, fold, remise, vouchsafe, waive

a person who pretends or claims to have more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses; quack.

impostor, mountebank, fraud, fake, phony.

a violent and noisy commotion or disturbance of a crowd or mob;

uproar, disorder, turbulence.

a vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism; 

difference, disagreement, contrariety, opposition.

extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length;

diffuse, lengthy, rambling, tedious, verbose, windy

to attack on all sides; 

assail, harass, encircle, enclose, besiege, beleaguer.

a person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another;

assistant, agent, auditor, copyist, notary, recorder, registrar, secretary, stenographer, transcriber.

Informal - any lawyer.

a means of transporting, especially a vehicle, as a bus, airplane, or automobile;

car, carriage, carrying, communication, machine, movement, transfer, transference, transmission, transportation, vehicle.

fitting; at the right time; to the purpose; opportunely.

something highly caustic or severe in effect, as criticism.

person who maintains financial accounts of abusiness.

person who talks a lot, spreads.

apart; into pieces;

disconnected, disjoined, divided, in half, loose, separated, split, to shreds, torn.

inactive or sluggish.

an equal in rank, ability, accomplishment, etc.; peer; colleague.

not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.

having a gaunt, wasted, or exhausted appearance, as from prolonged suffering, exertion, or anxiety; worn:

to go at a slow, easy pace; stroll; saunter:

to strike or hit hard, with or as with the hand, a stick, or other weapon:

unyielding; unalterable

the act conversation or discussion.

a supplement to a will, containing an addition, explanation, modification, etc., of something in the will.

lacking foresight; incautious; unwary.

a married woman, especially one who is mature and staid or dignified and has an established social position.

lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow

a state of dreamy meditation or fanciful musing