DEPENDENT, adj. Reliant upon another's generosity for the support which you are not in a position to exact from his fears.

Incompatibility. In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination.

Battle, n., A method of untying with the teeth a political knot that would not yield to the tongue.

INK, n. A villainous compound of tannogallate of iron, gum-arabic, and water, chiefly used to facilitate the infection of idiocy and promote intellectual crime.

EPIGRAM, n. A short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterize by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom.

Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.

SERIAL, n. A literary work, usually a story that is not true, creeping through several issues of a newspaper or magazine.