Chapter 11
Terms
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- Conflagaration
- 1. A large and destructive fire
- Caustic
- able to burn or eat away by chemical action 2. sarcastic; marked by a biting
- Effervescent
- 1. bubbling up from a liquid 2. Very excited; bubbling over with high spirits
- Inflammatory
- arousing strong emotion, especially anger or hostility 2. pertaining to redness, swelling, or pain following an infection or injury
- Pyromania
- a compulsion to set things on fire
- Incendiary
- 1. Desinged or intended to cause a fire 2. Tending to stir up strife; inflammatory 3. a person who maliciously burns his or her own or another's property for monetary advantage
- Flamboyant
- colored or decorated in a showy way; having a showy appearance or manner
- Flagrant
- shockingly evident; outrageously consicuous
- Pyre
- a pile of wood, for burning a corpse as part of a funeral rite; any pile of combustible materials
- Fervid
- full of intesne passion or zeal
- Pyrotechnics
- a display of fireworks 2. a spectacular display of virtuosity in music, writing wit, or other accomplishment
- Incense
- to infuriate; to enrage
- Scintilla
- a very small amount; a bit; an iota
- Scintillate
- to give off sparks; to flash; to sparkle 2. to be animated or birlliant
- Cauterize
- to burn with a hot iron or a chemical to destroy abnormal tissue and or stop infection and or bleeding