REBEL, n. A proponent of a new misrule who has failed to establish it.

Behavior, n. Conduct, as determined, not by principle, but by breeding.

Laughter, n. An interior convulsion, producing a distortion of the features and accompanied by inarticulate noises. It is infectious and, though intermittent, incurable.

HYDRA, n. A kind of animal that the ancients catalogued under many heads.

SPOOKER, n. A writer whose imagination concerns itself with supernatural phenomena, especially in the doings of spooks.

Responsibility, n. A detachable burden easily shifted to the shoulders of God, Fate, Fortune, Luck or one's neighbor. In the days of astrology it was customary to unload it upon a star.

INGRATE, n. One who receives a benefit from another, or is otherwise an object of charity.