Stream of consciousness
A style of narration in which typical features of form, such as full stops and paragraph breaks, are ignored in favor of trying to more accurately represent the lived experience of first-person thought and perception. It is most often associated with the first-person narrative voice.
Battalion
A unit of soldiers in an army
Inebriated
Drunk; having consumed too much alcohol
wanton
extravagant, luxurious, mischievous, bawdy
ethereal
celestial, immaterial, heavenly
dalliance
an act of needless play
pantomime
convey something by bodily movement or gestures
windlass
a horizontal barrel supported on vertical posts and turned by a crank so that the hoisting rope is wound around the barrel (m-w.com)
cassava
any of several American plants (genus Manihot, especially M. esculenta) of the spurge family grown in the tropics for their edible tuberous roots, which yield a nutritious starch (m-w.com)
affinity
interest or liking for
multifaceted
constituted by many distinct parts
tresses
long locks of hair
barrage
a rapid, heavy onslaught
meritorious
based on merit
dissipate
to break up and scatter
noxious
poisonous, smelly
staunchly
substantially, steadfastly
tarpaulin
tarp
sporadic
happening at random intervals
sadistic
cruel, evil
