| auspice |
(usually plural) sponsorship or protection; patronage. |
| backwater |
any place that is seen as primitive, unchanging, or stagnant. |
| conflagration |
a large, damaging fire. |
| consequential |
coming after as an outcome or result. |
| digestible |
capable of being broken down and absorbed as food. |
| disproportionate |
having too much of one thing in relation to something else; unbalanced. |
| expulsion |
an act or instance of forcing out, or the state of being forced out. |
| frond |
a long leaf with many small divisions. Ferns and palm trees have fronds. |
| irrevocable |
impossible to take back, undo, or cancel. |
| nuance |
a subtle quality or difference in tone, meaning, color, or the like; shade. |
| orator |
a person who delivers a public speech, or one skilled at formal public speaking. |
| secretive |
tending to secrecy. |
| surmise |
to infer without certain knowledge; suppose; guess. |
| ungovernable |
unable to be governed, ordered, or controlled; uncontrollable. |
| vexation |
the condition of being annoyed. |