mystified
confused or puzzled
ignorance
Lack of knowledge
congregate
come together, usually for a purpose
bureaucracy
A large, complex organization composed of appointed officials
province
A self-governing region
sabotage
(n.) an action taken to destroy something or to prevent it from working properly
charisma
Personal appeal or attraction; magnetism
parody
A work that closely imitates the style or content of another with the specific aim of comic effect and/or ridicule.
blasphemous
Irreverent, profane
berate
To scold harshly
denounce
To condemn
Fatwa - order to kill Herculean task hangers-on
a ruling on a point of Islamic law given by a recognized authority.
deter
discourage (someone) from doing something, typically by instilling doubt or fear of the consequences:
fares (p. 52)
money a person has to pay
rash (p. 52)
lack of careful consideration
debris
(n.) scattered fragments, wreckage
