| antecedent |
an event, circumstance, or thing coming before another. |
| cordon |
a chain of guards or military stations forming a defense or containment line around an area. |
| covetous |
desiring that which belongs to another; wanting possessions; greedy. |
| discontinuous |
interrupted or intermittent; not without pause or break. |
| disembark |
to put or go ashore from a ship. |
| grapple |
to grasp, twist, or wrestle in close combat. |
| lionize |
to view or treat (someone) as a celebrity or extraordinary person. |
| literal |
in accordance with the ordinary, exact, or primary meaning of a word or words; not figurative or metaphorical. |
| matriarch |
a woman who acts as head of a family, tribe, or other group of people. |
| nebulous |
hazy, confused, or indistinct. |
| pompous |
showing an exaggerated sense of own's own importance. |
| raconteur |
one who is talented in storytelling. |
| refract |
to bend (rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like) in passing (them) obliquely from one medium into another which transmits them at a different speed. |
| tawdry |
falsely showy; cheap and gaudy. |
| venerate |
to treat or regard with great respect, honor, or reverence. |