| beneficiary |
one who receives or is formally designated to receive money or property, as from a will or insurance policy. |
| contention |
a point asserted in argument or debate. |
| dais |
a raised platform for speakers or the seating of special guests. |
| fervor |
strength, heatedness, or intensity of feeling; impassioned enthusiasm. |
| gargantuan |
(sometimes capitalized) of enormous proportions; huge; gigantic. |
| heartrending |
causing or expressing deep sorrow or anguish. |
| laud |
to praise. |
| obtuse |
not keen or quick to notice, feel, or comprehend; dull or insensitive. |
| presentiment |
an intuition or sense of something about to happen; foreboding. |
| provincial |
limited in outlook; narrow-minded. |
| replenish |
to make complete or full again; refill. |
| rudimentary |
of or pertaining to the basic or first principles; elementary. |
| spontaneous |
happening in a free way; not forced. |
| subside |
to become less; decrease. |
| subversive |
tending or intended to undermine or cause the overthrow of an established authority, especially a national government. |