(n) the most powerful members of a society

(n) hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

(n) burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped

(n) a sudden numbing dread

(v) get tired of something or somebody

(v) lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to); "the course palled on her"

(v) become less interesting or attractive

(v) lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall"

(v) cause to become flat; "pall the beer"

(v) cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing; "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite"

(v) cover with a pall

(v) cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"

(n) a saying that widely accepted on its own merits

(n) English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916)

(n) a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation; "the art of conversation"; "it's quite an art"

(s) depressing in character or appearance; "drove through dingy streets"; "the dismal prison twilight"- Charles Dickens; "drab old buildings"; "a dreary mining town"; "gloomy tenements"; "sorry routine that follows on the heels of death"- B.A.Williams

(s) thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen"

(s) (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied gray of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair"

(n) picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing

(n) an outward or token appearance or form that is deliberately misleading; "he hoped his claims would have a semblance of authenticity"; "he tried to give his falsehood the gloss of moral sanction"; "the situation soon took on a different color"

(n) an erroneous mental representation

(n) one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)

(n) someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way

(n) someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit

(v) show off

(v) advertize in strongly positive terms; "This product was touted as a revolutionary invention"