| adulation |
extreme or excessive praise. |
| alacrity |
willing promptness. |
| backwater |
any place that is seen as primitive, unchanging, or stagnant. |
| fervid |
heated or impassioned; intensely enthusiastic. |
| immutable |
not subject to change; unchanging or unchangeable. |
| impede |
to slow or block the movement or progress of; hinder. |
| iridescent |
emitting or reflecting a lustrous play of colors covering the spectrum, like a rainbow. |
| necessitate |
to make unavoidable; require. |
| perpetrate |
to commit or carry out (a crime, act of mischief, or the like). |
| podium |
a raised platform, as for a speaker or orchestra conductor; dais. |
| rectitude |
moral or ethical propriety; uprightness. |
| sumptuous |
large, lavish, or splendid, especially when created at great cost. |
| upshot |
the most important issue, result, or conclusion. |
| vanguard |
the leading or foremost position or part of a movement or force; forefront. |
| whimsical |
characterized by or resulting from a sudden desire or fancy. |