Accordion, n. An instrument in harmony with the sentiments of an assassin.

MINISTER, n. An agent of a higher power with a lower responsibility. In diplomacy, an officer sent into a foreign country as the visible embodiment of his sovereign's hostility.

Learning -the kind of ignorance affected by (and affecting) civilized races, as distinguished from ignorance, the sort of learning incurred by savages. See nonsense.

An accident is an inevitable occurrence due to the actions of immutable natural laws.

I was born to poor because of honest parents.

REPENTANCE, n. The faithful attendant and follower of Punishment. It is usually manifest in a degree of reformation that is not inconsistent with continuity of sin.

HOMILETICS, n. The science of adapting sermons to the spiritual needs, capacities and conditions of the congregation.