Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle Words 21-40

able to be discerned; perceptible
an elderly woman of stately dignity, especially one of elevated social position
the practice or art of using language with fluency and aptness
something that encumbers; something burdensome, useless, or superfluous; burden; hindrance
a feeling or condition of hostility; hatred; ill will; animosity; antagonism.
having no certain or definite course; wandering; not fixed
doomed; fated to die
a prediction; portent
a person who kills his or her brother
mournful; gloomy; dismal
a vacation or leave of absence granted to an enlisted person
the quality of being futile; ineffectiveness; uselessness
to utter mocking or scoffing words; jeer.
any of numerous long-winged, web-toed, aquatic birds of the family Laridae, having usually white plumage with a gray back and wings
a pattern consisting of adjoining vertical rows of slanting lines, any two contiguous lines forming either a V or an inverted V, used in masonry, textiles, embroidery, etc
a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire
pertaining to the nature of idiosyncrasy, or something peculiar to an individual
to make an impression; have an effect or impact (usually followed by on or upon)
lacking sense, significance, or ideas; silly
characterized by or showing indulgence; benignly lenient or permissive