a Spanish dance in triple time accompanied by guitar and castanets
the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant
to enhance the strength or effect of something
to enforce a type of payment, such as fees, taxes, or fines, and collect it
a manner lacking seriousness
be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity
the largest or most massive thing of its kind
filled with grief and sorrow
a person who makes a grant in legal form
a recipient of a grant
regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
represent falsely
a misleading falsehood
place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position
government that is inefficient or dishonest
apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly
manage badly or incompetently