| encampment |
a place where a rough, temporary living area has been set up. |
| evocative |
tending or able to call forth images, memories, feelings, and the like. |
| exuberant |
vigorously enthusiastic or happy; high-spirited. |
| ferment |
a state of upset or fast change. |
| fresco |
the art of painting on wet plaster with colors dissolved in water or limewater, or a picture produced by this method. |
| informant |
one who reports or confides what he or she knows to another; source. |
| invertebrate |
without a backbone |
| limpid |
perfectly clear; transparent. |
| maul |
to hurt by beating or through other rough treatment. |
| monolithic |
large, unyielding, and without diversity. |
| opprobrium |
a condition of disgrace or shame; ignominy. |
| opulent |
having or displaying wealth and luxury. |
| salubrious |
favorable to good health; healthy; wholesome. |
| spellbind |
to hold fascinated, as by magicl; enchant. |
| stratify |
to assign categories or create divisions within (a society) according to a hierarchy of social or economic classes. |