to treat with insolence; bully; torment

extremely small; an indefinitely small quantity

characterized by great knowledge; learned or scholarly

each of two or more words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins

to disguise or conceal under a false appearance; dissemble

moving, acting, working, proceeding, etc., with ease, sometimes with superficiality

a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in Texas won by six runs (meaning “Texas's baseball team”)

causing annoyance, irritation, or aversion; repellent.