A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings

a violent upheaval, especially a social or political one

• cataclysm

• compresses

• conjectures

soft, cloth pads held in place by a bandage and use to provide pressure or to supply moisture, cold, heat, or medication

• compresses

• conjectures

• impeded

an opinion or theory formed without sufficient proof; guess; speculation

• impeded

• infamies

• conjectures

hindered in movement by obstacles

• conjectures

• impeded

• impertinences

unmannerly intrusions or presumptions

• impeded

• conjectures

• impertinences

extremely bad reputation, public reproach, or strong condemnation as the result of a shameful, criminal, or outrageous act

• infamies

• conjecture

• compresses

free from reserve or restraint; candid; sincere

• ingenuous

• magnanimous

• impertinences

generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness

• magnanimous

• ingenuous

• conjectures

left out

• repose

• omitted

• infamies

rest

• ingenuous

• magnanimous

• repose