| biennial |
happening every second year. |
| despot |
a ruler who has complete power and authority. |
| exuberant |
vigorously enthusiastic or happy; high-spirited. |
| ferment |
a state of upset or fast change. |
| frenetic |
frantic; frenzied. |
| instigate |
to purposely agitate or incite; provoke; foment. |
| perfidy |
an act or the practice of conscious, deliberate disloyalty or treachery; breach of faith. |
| recurrence |
an act or instance of happening or appearing again or repeatedly. |
| reorganize |
to reestablish or arrange anew. |
| scintillate |
to send out sparks. |
| shackle |
a metal band or one of a pair of metal rings used to bind the wrist or ankle of a prisoner or animal. |
| solemnity |
the condition or quality of being grave or serious. |
| sordid |
morally bad; ignoble or base. |
| splice |
to join (two pieces of film, tape, or similar things) at the ends. |
| surveillance |
a close watch or observation, especially of a person or group of people under suspicion. |