cataclysmic
(of a natural event) Causing sudden and violent change
compartmentalize
To divide something into separate sections, especially so that one thing does not affect the other
scintillate
To emit sparks
bestrew
To lie scattered over
irrevocable
Not possible to revoke; unalterable
motley
Made up of many different people or things
proliferate
Multiply
impetuous
Marked by impulsive intensity or passion
chasm
Gulf, Rift
avow
To declare assuredly
clandestine
Marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy
short-stringer
In The Measure, someone who has a short string and thus will live a relatively shorter life
long-stringer
In The Measure, someone who has a long string and thus will live a relatively longer life
cantilevered
A projecting beam supported at only one end
predestination
The belief that everything that happens has been decided or planned in advance by God or by fate and that humans cannot change it
orator
One distinguished by their skill as a public speaker
chapel
A private place of worship
imbibe
To receive into the mind and retain
schmaltzy
Extremely or excessively sentimental music or art
merriment
A lively celebration or party
brimming
full, often to overflowing
puckishly
Impishly, whimsically
