to sew with long, loose stitches, as in temporarily tacking together pieces of a garment while it is being made

an environmental cue, as the length of daylight or the degree of temperature, that helps to regulate the cycles of an organism's biological clock

beset with woe; affected by woe, especially in appearance; showing or indicating woe

sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn

the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time

a vicious or depraved person; villain

to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily

unwilling to spend money or use resources