of little or no importance or consequence

waste money or time on unnecessary or questionable projects

strongly and stoutly built; sturdy and robust

next to the last

a deep emotional state of melancholic longing for a person or thing that is absent

either of the two times a year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator: about June 21, when the sun reaches its northernmost point on the celestial sphere, or about December 22, when it reaches its southernmost point

very sheer and light; almost completely transparent or translucent

to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble