| behold |
to see or observe. |
| debris |
scattered pieces left after something has been destroyed. |
| domain |
the land owned or under the control of a single ruler or government. |
| entrepreneur |
someone who assumes the financial risk of beginning and operating one or several businesses. |
| envious |
showing or feeling desire for what another has. |
| forsake |
to leave or desert. |
| jocular |
intended to be humorous; facetious. |
| negligence |
disregard of, omission of, or failure to do something necessary, especially when it is habitual. |
| obstacle |
something that stops forward movement or progress. |
| portent |
a sign of something important, and often disastrous, that is about to occur; omen. |
| proclamation |
the act of announcing to the public, or something that is said for the public to hear. |
| prophesy |
to foretell or reveal, especially under divine inspiration. |
| recalibrate |
to reset or adjust the scale of (a quantitative measuring instrument or system), usually to maintain a correspondence with a standard. |
| specific |
pertaining to a particular thing or person and to nothing else of the same kind; particular. |
| stereotype |
a standardized and usually oversimplified and inaccurate conception held in common by many people. |