English

Fervid

full of intense passion or zeal

Effervescent

bubbling up from a liquid // very excited; bubbling over with high spirits

Conflagration

a large and destructive fire

Flagrant

shockingly evident; outrageously conspicuous

Inflammatory

arousing strong emotion

Flamboyant

colored or decorated in a showy way; having a showy appearance or manner

Incendiary

designed or intended to cause a fire // tending to stir up strife; inflammatory / a person who maliciously burns his or her own or another's property for monetary advantage

Incense

to infuriate; to enrage

Caustic

able to burn or eat away by chemical action // sarcastic; marked by a biting wit

Cauterize

to burn with a hot iron or a chemical to destroy abnormal tissue and/or to stop infection and/or bleeding

Pyre

a pile of wood; any pile of combustible materials

Pyrotechnics

a display of fireworks // a spectacular display of virtuosity in music

Pyromania

a compulsion to set things on fire

Scintila

a very small amount; a bit; an iota

Scintillate

to give off sparks; to flash; to sparkle// to be animated or brilliant

Confluence

the flowing together of two or more elements: streams or rivers

Effluent

a stream or overflow from a larger body of water

Flux

a flow // a continuous succession of changes

Dehydrate

to remove water or moisture // to lose water or moisture

Hydrology

the study of water and its effects on and in the earth and in the atmosphere

Cormorant

a dark, hook-billed sea bird // a greedy person

Marinade

a liquid often seasoned with spices or herbs to flavor meat or fish for a period of time before cooking

Nauseate

to cause queasiness; to cause to feel sick // to cause the feeling of repulsion or disgust

Nave

the long central part of a church

Pontiff

a pope or bishop

Pontificate

to speak with pompous authority // to officiate as a pontiff // the office of a pontiff; papacy

Undulate

to have or cause to have a wavy motion

Redound

to reflect or come back either favorably or unfavorably (upon a person or thing)

Redundant

superfluous; exceeding what is needed, or what is needed no longer // verbose; needlessly repetitious

Inundate

to submerge or overflow with water; to flow // to overwhelm