1.
Nautical.
a.
an open cask of drinking water.
b.
a drinking fountain for use by the crew of a vessel.
bulwark - a wall of earth or other material built for defense
hubris - excessive pride or self-confidence
dearth - famine; an inadequate supply
deference - respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will, etc., of another
emulate - to try to equal or excel
imitate -to mimic; impersonate
mimic - to be an imitation of
endemic - Prevalent in or peculiar to a particular locality, region, or people
aborigine - one of the original or earliest known inhabitants of a country or region.
inchoate - not yet completed or fully developed
precursor - One that precedes another
volatile - tending or threatening to break out into open violence
Damn mimes, gotta hate them for imitating everyone.
Not EXACTLY a bulwark per-se, since the industrialization of the world meant that they could just blow up the Great Wall these days, but it had provided vital protection for many years for China.
The aboriginals of Alaska(?), Inuit, supposedly a drawing of them in 15 something
Don't mind nerds, but don't you have the ones that are really "hubris" just cause they know everything?
Potato famine in Ireland=Dearth, haha thought of replacing dearth with Alex A. there for a second =D
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