Vocabulary

hitchhiking

peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; matchless

wasted effort; fruitless effort; vain efforts

visit for no reason; going on a fool's errand

idle talk; chit-chat; gossip

intangible property

untitled; titleless; without a title; no subject (email)

unsecured (loan)

unsecured loan

without permission; without notice

unauthorized reproduction; unauthorised reproduction; unauthorized copying; unauthorised copying

unenlightened; uneducated; ignorant

Spanish Armada; invincible armada

rash; reckless; headlong; foolhardy

nonpoisonous; nontoxic; harmless

indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless

in earnest; single-minded; with intense concentration; rushing headlong into

incompetent (person)

recoilless rifle

recoilless rifle; recoilless gun

peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled

lack of a warranty (products, etc.); lack of security (e.g. loan)

outlaw

bare-headed; uncovered

dull; uninteresting; dry; insipid; boring; prosaic

unknown soldier

unsigned; without a signature

indifferent to worldly gain

scraping together (a sum of money); raising (a sum of money) by straining one's credit

irrational number

unceremonious party; free and easy gathering; party with no regard for formal etiquette or status

foghorn

grey starling (Sturnus cineraceus); gray starling; white-cheeked starling

search for a husband for one's daughter

son-in-law taken (adopted) into family

daughter

girlish mind; girlish innocence

bloom of youth; prime of girlhood

Pluto (dwarf planet)

hades; realm of the dead