| bivouac |
a temporary encampment, especially military, without protecting shelter. |
| bombast |
boastful, pompous, or otherwise overblown utterances. |
| churl |
a rude or vulgar person. |
| clime |
in literary use, a region of the earth, or the typical weather conditions thereof. |
| culvert |
a man-made channel for drainage or the like that passes under a street or other thoroughfare. |
| fanaticism |
excessive or unreasonable enthusiasm or support for something. |
| grandiose |
pretentious or pompous. |
| impudence |
the act or condition of being boldly disrespectful; insolence. |
| inoffensive |
having no insulting or harmful qualities; innocuous. |
| laxity |
the state or quality of being careless or slack; looseness. |
| mote |
a fine particle of dust; speck. |
| myriad |
of or constituting a great but unspecified number; numberless. |
| revulsion |
violent dislike and disgust; abhorrence; loathing. |
| subversive |
tending or intended to undermine or cause the overthrow of an established authority, especially a national government. |
| venial |
able to be excused, pardoned, or forgiven, as a minor error, offense, or sin. (Cf. mortal.) |