centennial
having to do with a period of a hundred years, usually celebratory
lanais
a large porch with a roof
hostess
a woman who hosts guests, either at her own home or at a restaurant of some sort
yucca
a plant with strong, sharp leaves and flowers
sequined
adorned with small, reflective objects, usually of various colors
metropolitan
relating to a city; extremely urban
cataclysmic
pertaining to a great change, usually violent and undesired
creosote
a smelly, dense liquid used as a preservative and an antiseptic
proliferate
to grow and spread quickly
implosion
to collapse inward; opposite of explosion
delegation
the distribution of tasks to others
hyperlink
a link from one document on a computer to another file or website
repository
a place for storing large amounts of something, such as data
veracity
truthfulness, verifiability
stenographer
a person who takes notes in shorthand during court proceedings, transcribing the events for the record
