Coast Salish
Loose confederation of Indigenous tribes the Pacific Northwest and wester Canadian provices who share related languages and cultures.
precariously
Being in a state which poses potential threat or danger.
feral
Wild and undomesticated.
transcendental
Concerned with mystical, mysterious, and inexplicable concepts.
grotesque
Unnatural and uncanny in appearance of feeling.
impermanent
Lacking permanence and substituting a transient lack of dependability.
ornate
Ostenatatiously ornamental and elaborate in structure.
translucent
Clear enough to see through, but diffused in appearance.
allotment
A parcel land of bestowed upon a person as a legal transaction.
dormant
In a state of temporary inactivity.
innate
Reference to an instinct with which one is born.
ransacked
Having been carelessly torn through in search of something valuable.
traverse
To travel from point to another under trying conditions.
debilitating
In a state of immobility and weakness.
bludgeon
To attack by hitting over and over with an object turned into a weapon in one's hand.
concubine
The unmarried mistress or lover of a man.
indigenous
Native to a particular land or region.
permeate
To become pervasive and omnipresent.
excruciating
In a state of intense pain and extreme unpleasantness.
reanimate
To bring something dead back to life.
