aegis
a shield representing royalty of greek gods
apprise
to give notice or tell
bibulous
highly absorbent
claque
a group hired to raise excitement in an audience
deracinate
to remove from a native environment
eleemosynary
relating to charity support
indigenous
produced or occurring naturally in a region or environment
lachrymose
caused to give tears
lexicon
an alphabetical arrangement of words
melee
a confused struggle or fight