| conflagration |
a large, damaging fire. |
| electorate |
a body of those entitled to participate in an election; qualified voters, as a group. |
| exhilaration |
intense high spirits. |
| facilitate |
to make less difficult; help in the doing of. |
| impetus |
something that urges or impels; a driving force. |
| incantation |
the words or sounds that are uttered or chanted as part of a magical ritual or spell, or the act of uttering such words or sounds. |
| insular |
closed to new ideas; narrow-minded. |
| leaven |
to produce fermentation in (dough or batter), consequently causing the dough or batter to rise in the process of baking. |
| melodrama |
behavior or events, in reality or fiction, with similarly exaggerated features or effects. |
| mettle |
toughness of character; courage. |
| pariah |
a despised or socially outcast person. |
| perceptual |
of, relating to, or involving perception. |
| rile |
to make angry; irritate or annoy. |
| roil |
to disturb or anger; agitate. |
| ruffian |
one who is tough and violent; bully; thug. |