dwindle

a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly"

expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body

advancing beyond proper, accepted, or usual limits; making gradual inroads into or onto something

fictitious; imaginary

to lie under or beneath; be situated under

characterized by or subject to tempests

to lie or keep in hiding, as for some evil reason

things that exist or are used or enjoyed for only a short time.