| bivouac |
a temporary encampment, especially military, without protecting shelter. |
| clime |
in literary use, a region of the earth, or the typical weather conditions thereof. |
| conspirator |
a person who is involved in a plot with others to perform or a criminal or wrongful act. |
| contagion |
the spreading of a disease by contact or close association. |
| creditor |
someone to whom money is owed. |
| evocative |
tending or able to call forth images, memories, feelings, and the like. |
| indeterminate |
not fixed, clear, or precise; indefinite or uncertain. |
| inferiority |
the fact or condition of being lesser in quality, worth, importance, rank, or position. |
| irreparable |
impossible to repair, restore, or rectify. |
| maul |
to hurt by beating or through other rough treatment. |
| patrician |
of, concerning, or belonging to an aristocratic class. |
| realign |
to come to a new relationship or set of alliances, as countries or political factions. |
| sinuous |
having many curves or turns. |
| substantive |
of or pertaining to the fundamental nature or concerns of something; essential. |
| unvaried |
marked by a lack of diversity; never changing. |