Such Colorful Language!
Jealousy, as defined by "Othello"
Green-eyed monster
Maine & Vermont: this state
New Hampshire
This denotes a dominant male
Alpha
The name of this flavoring has also come to mean plain or ordinary
Vanilla
Shakespeare
To be, or...
not to be.
Alliterative term for writing full of exaggerated pathos
Purple prose
California & Utah
Nevada
It continues with 159265358...
Pi
"Animal Farm" is an example of this literary device in which abstract ideas appear as characters in a story
Allegory
FDR
The only thing we have to fear...
is fear itself.
Sanguinary term for an aristocrat
Blue blood
Wisconsin & Ohio
Michigan
The name of this brand of watch also denotes some fatty acids
Omega
A metal capable of being shaped by hammering or pressure is said to be this
Malleable
Socrates
The unexamined life is not worth...
living.
Vespula vulgaris is one species of this picnic-pestering wasp
Yellow Jacket
Kansas & South Dakota
Nebraska
Here's a very small clue--3 of its 4 letters are vowels
Iota
In fashion, types of these include Mandarin, Chelsea & ruff
Collar
Confucius
It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not...
stop.
To gloss over errors to free one from blame, or to keep the other team scoreless
Whitewash
Missouri & Louisiana
Arkansas
Psi is the name of a Greek letter & is also found in the names of these 2 other Greek letters
Epsilon & Upsilon
John Dryden wrote, "What passion cannot music raise and" do this, meaning to pacify or quiet
Quell
The journey of a thousand miles begins...
with one step.