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. |