| encumbrance |
something or someone that hinders or burdens; impediment. |
| exodus |
the leaving of large numbers of people. |
| facilitate |
to make less difficult; help in the doing of. |
| inexorable |
not subject to change by any force or influence; unyielding or unrelenting. |
| intolerance |
inability or unwillingness to accept the existence or validity of opinions, beliefs, customs, and practices different from one's own. |
| mainstay |
the main support of something. |
| misconception |
an error in understanding; wrong notion or idea. |
| momentous |
very important. |
| monolithic |
large, unyielding, and without diversity. |
| promontory |
a high cliff that sticks out into a large body of water or that rises above an area of lower land. |
| quell |
to overpower or suppress with force; put down; quash. |
| retentive |
having the ability to remember. |
| sully |
to make dirty or tarnished. |
| usurp |
to take and hold (a right, position, office, or the like) illegally, wrongfully, or by force. |
| whimsical |
characterized by or resulting from a sudden desire or fancy. |