BEG, v. To ask for something with an earnestness proportioned to the belief that it will not be given.

Consult: To seek approval for a course of action already decided upon.

Advice: The suggestions you give someone else which you hope will work for your benefit.

Alligator: The crocodile of America, superior in every detail to the crocodile of the effete monarchies of the Old World.

TABLE D'HOTE, n. A caterer's thrifty concession to the universal passion for irresponsibility.

CERBERUS, n. The watch-dog of Hades, whose duty it was to guard the entrance - against whom or what does not clearly appear; everybody, sooner or later, had to go there, and nobody wanted to carry off the entrance.

DECIDE, v.i. To succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over another set.