Example is better than following it.

APOTHECARY, n. The physician's accomplice, undertaker's benefactor and grave worm's provider

PITIFUL, adj. The state of an enemy or opponent after an imaginary encounter with oneself.

ASPERSE, v.t. Maliciously to ascribe to another vicious actions which one has not had the temptation and opportunity to commit.

ASS, n. A public singer with a good voice but no ear.

Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.

Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.