| bevy |
a group of birds or other animals, especially quail or larks. |
| composite |
made up of several parts. |
| extricate |
to free or release from difficulty, entanglement, or involvement; disengage. |
| intrepid |
feeling or showing no fear; courageous; bold. |
| mollify |
to ease or soothe the anger or emotion of; make calmer; appease. |
| ornamentation |
decoration; embellishment. |
| paucity |
smallness of number or amount; scarcity. |
| pessimist |
one who usually expects a bad outcome. |
| rebuff |
to reject, repel, block, or set back. |
| reverent |
characterized by, showing, or feeling great respect and awe mingled with love. |
| sect |
any group, especially a religious group such as a denomination, that is united by a common belief, ritual, or the like. |
| splice |
to join (two pieces of film, tape, or similar things) at the ends. |
| stanza |
a group of related lines in a poem that make up one section within the poem. Stanzas often have a regular meter and rhyme pattern. |
| wasteland |
land where there are no living things or where nothing will grow. |
| wayward |
difficult to control; willfully disobedient. |