Glossary

characterized by or involving action or change without preparation or warning

bold or arrogant disregard of normal restraints

something produced by a cause or necessarily following from a set of conditions

suited to personal comfort or to easy performance

a regulation enjoining the withdrawal of usually specified persons (as juveniles or military personnel) from the streets or the closing of business establishments or places of assembly at a stated hour

pain or suffering affecting the body, a bodily part, or the mind

strong excitement of feeling

to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth

a pausing or faltering in speech

an extremely outstanding or unusual event, thing, or accomplishment

a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account

a local church community composed of the members

the capacity, habit, or fact of being patient

one of the benches with backs and sometimes doors fixed in rows in a church

superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious

affected by or showing embarrassment caused by consciousness of a fault

existing or occurring at the same time

to smile in an affected or smug manner