1 in 8 Americans have worked at McDonald’s at some point in their lives.

sleepy or drowsy; tending to induce sleep.

relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral; primitive.

judging the value, quality, or worth of something; evaluating.

foreshadowing something momentous or calamitous; overly solemn or pompous.

place or deal with close together for contrasting effect.

a hobby or secondary occupation pursued for enjoyment rather than as one’s main profession.

to defeat someone heavily; or to preserve or candify (fruit) with sugar

the quality or state of being ignoble; baseness or lack of honor.

to suspend proceedings to another time or place; to defer or postpone.

to instruct or improve morally or intellectually; to enlighten.