ruction-a disturbance, quarrel, or row
piquiant-agreeably pungent or sharp in taste or flavor
incunabulum-the earliest stages or first traces of anything
rhapsodize-to talk with extravagant enthusiasm
cheechako-a tenderfoot; greenhorn; newcomer
potlatch-a ceremony at which gifts are bestowed on the guests in a show of wealth that the guests later attempt to surpass
impedimenta-baggage or other things that retard one's progress
zaftig-full-bodied; well-proportioned
morganatic-of or pertaining to a form of marriage in which a person of high rank, as a member of the nobility, marries someone of lower station with the stipulation that neither the low-ranking spouse nor their children, if any, will have any claim to the titles or entailed property of the high-ranking partner.
brannigan-a carouse
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