MONUMENT, n. A structure intended to commemorate something which either needs no commemoration or cannot be commemorated.

Houseless: Having paid all taxes on household goods.

Irreligion - the principal one of the great faiths of the world.

Miss, n. A title which we brand unmarried women to indicate that they are in the market.

Peace in international affairs: a period of cheating between periods of fighting

Amnesty, n. The state's magnanimity to those offenders whom it would be too expensive to punish.

optimism, n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong. It is held with greatest tenacity by those most accustomed to the mischance of falling into adversity, and is most acceptably expounded with disproof - an intellectual disorder, yielding to no treatment but death. It is hereditary, but fortunately not contagious.