| acclimate |
to become used to new weather conditions or surroundings. |
| affirmation |
the act of affirming. |
| emancipate |
to free from slavery or other control. |
| fervor |
strength, heatedness, or intensity of feeling; impassioned enthusiasm. |
| fraternal |
of, related to, or like a brother or brothers. |
| indeterminate |
not fixed, clear, or precise; indefinite or uncertain. |
| luxuriant |
growing thickly and in great numbers; lush. |
| militant |
aggressive or combative in attitude or actions, especially in defense of a cause. |
| motley |
made up of a contrasting variety of types, appearances, or the like; very heterogeneous. |
| portly |
rather fat; stout. |
| proponent |
one who proposes or favors an idea, doctrine, course of action, or the like. |
| scintillate |
to send out sparks. |
| temperamental |
changeable as to mood, nature, operability, or the like; unpredictable. |
| ubiquitous |
being or appearing to be in all places at the same time; omnipresent. |
| vignette |
a brief written or musical sketch, or brief film scene, that describes or characterizes a person, incident, situation, or the like. |