| apocalypse |
any instance of terrible destruction and devastation, especially on a scale that could bring about an end to the world. |
| dapple |
to mark or be marked with spots or mottling. |
| dispensary |
a room in an institution, such as a hospital, in which medical supplies are kept and given out. |
| disperse |
to drive away in all directions; scatter. |
| fragmentary |
consisting of fragments; incomplete or disconnected. |
| grassroots |
originating with or operating among the common people. |
| instrumental |
serving as an agent or partial cause. |
| lethal |
intended to cause or capable of causing death or extreme harm; deadly. |
| prelude |
an introductory event or act; preface; preliminary. |
| prodigious |
inspiring wonder and admiration; marvelous. |
| recurrence |
an act or instance of happening or appearing again or repeatedly. |
| repast |
a meal, or the food eaten at a meal. |
| satirical |
containing or marked by the use of parody or irony to ridicule or denounce human corruptness or folly. |
| schism |
a division into factions with opposing beliefs, especially in a Christian church. |
| vertigo |
a sensation of unsteadiness or dizziness, such that one's surroundings seem to be whirling around. |