being or relating to or like a chimera
the process by which all the people of a country have the opportunity to vote on a single political question
foul and run-down and repulsive
sordid dirtiness
burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
provide physical relief, as from pain
moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
imprisonment (especially for a long time)
compulsory force or threat
a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical
expectedness as a consequence of being usual or regular or common
express or state clearly
the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience
pass through
something that is very desirable, yet almost impossible to achieve
a coffeepot in which boiling water ascends through a central tube and filters back down through a basket of ground coffee beans
a mythological creature in Greek mythology. It is typically depicted as a fire-breathing creature with the body and head of a lion, the head of a goat protruding from its back, and a serpent for a tail