| anvil | (noun) a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering | - |
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| (noun) a small bone in the middle ear between the malleus and the stapes | Synonyms: incus |
| bedevil | (verb) be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly | Synonyms: befuddle, confound, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw |
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| (verb) treat cruelly | Synonyms: crucify, dun, frustrate, rag, torment |
| cavil | (noun) an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections | Synonyms: quibble, quiddity |
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| (verb) raise trivial objections | Synonyms: carp, chicane |
| chervil | (noun) fresh ferny parsley-like leaves used as a garnish with chicken and veal and omelets and green salads and spinach | - |
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| (noun) aromatic annual Old World herb cultivated for its finely divided and often curly leaves for use especially in soups and salads | Synonyms: Anthriscus cereifolium, beaked parsley |
| civil | (adjective) not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others | Synonyms: polite |
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| (adjective) (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life | - |
| (adjective) of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals | Synonyms: civic |
| (adjective) of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state | - |
| (adjective) applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military | - |
| (adjective) of or in a condition of social order | - |
| daredevil | (adjective) presumptuously daring | Synonyms: temerarious |
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| (noun) a reckless impetuous irresponsible person | Synonyms: harum-scarum, hothead, lunatic, madcap, swashbuckler |
| devil | (noun) a word used in exclamations of confusion | Synonyms: deuce, dickens |
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| (noun) an evil supernatural being | Synonyms: daemon, daimon, demon, fiend |
| (noun) a cruel wicked and inhuman person | Synonyms: demon, fiend, monster, ogre |
| (noun) a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man) | Synonyms: heller, hellion |
| (verb) coat or stuff with a spicy paste | - |
| (verb) cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations | Synonyms: annoy, bother, chafe, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex |
| evil | (adjective) morally bad or wrong | - |
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| (adjective) having or exerting a malignant influence | Synonyms: malefic, malevolent, malign |
| (adjective) having the nature of vice | Synonyms: vicious |
| (noun) morally objectionable behavior | Synonyms: immorality, iniquity, wickedness |
| (noun) the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice | Synonyms: evilness |
| uncivil | (adjective) lacking civility or good manners | Synonyms: rude |
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| weevil | (noun) any of several families of mostly small beetles that feed on plants and plant products; especially snout beetles and seed beetles | - |
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