to persuade with false promise and flattery 

to explain in detail, to clarify 

the work one is especially suited for 

to refuse stubbornly or abruptly 

disguised; pretending not to be oneself 

ill-natured, bitter hostility 

stern and ill-humored 

to annoy or harass

having unlimited knowledge, all knowing 

reasonable; capable of being carried out 

a complete, ridiculous failure 

not easily understood, hard to fathom 

to rise and fall; to vary irregularly 

lack of energy; sluggishly 

to rejoice; to feel triumphant