| bleak |
bare, cold, or not protected from the weather. |
| confidence |
a sense of trust or faith in a person or thing, or in oneself. |
| conserve |
to keep safe from loss, waste, or destruction. |
| considerably |
to a quite large degree or extent. |
| hieroglyphic |
a picture or symbol that stands for a word or sound; single hieroglyphic symbol. |
| indication |
anything that indicates, such as a sign. |
| liable |
held responsible by law. |
| occasionally |
at times; now and then; not frequently. |
| oversight |
a lack of paying attention to what one is doing. |
| palette |
a thin, oval board, with a thumb hole, on which a painter holds and mixes colors. |
| plume |
a large, fluffy, colorful feather. |
| segment |
one of the parts into which something is or can be separated. |
| slander |
a false statement or statements made to hurt someone's reputation, or the act of making such statements. |
| spawn |
to give rise to or result in; engender. |
| transformative |
effecting a significant change in the nature, character, or behavior of a person or group. |