offering or serving as a warning
cautionary
to confine, inhibit, or hold back by force or necessity
constrain
a restriction or limitation
constraint
a fleet of boats or small ships
flotilla
A thin, sheer fabric resembling gauze.
A fine, filmy substance made of strands of cobweb.
As light and delicate as a cobweb.
gossamer
marked by, deserving, or causing shame or disgrace
ignominious
To bring upon oneself something undesirable, such as debt
incur
to settle the affairs of a business; to convert into cash; to get rid of; to kill or destroy
liquidate
an important, often wealthy, person prominent in a large industry or business
magnate
a name that does not fit
misnomer
burdensome; oppressive
onerous
a state or place of great confusion or uproar
pandemonium
romantic and idealistic, but impractical
quixotic
holding fast; persistent in adhering to something valued or habitual
tenacious
a trace of something that once was present
vestige
a light, gentle breeze
zephyr