| chasten |
to awaken conscience or bring about moral improvement through suffering, discipline, or punishment. |
| climactic |
pertaining to, reaching, or being the point of highest interest or intensity in a series of increasingly important points or events. |
| courier |
someone who delivers messages, packages, and the like, especially for a government, military organization, or business. |
| dissimilar |
not alike; different. |
| enormity |
the quality of surpassing moral limits; offensive or disgraceful character. |
| hubris |
the pride associated with arrogance; pride considered as sin. |
| immobility |
the state or condition of not moving or being motionless. |
| invigorate |
to fill with energy, strength, or life. |
| plummet |
to fall sharply down, especially at high speed; plunge. |
| psychosis |
serious mental disorder that affects all aspects of the personality and involves withdrawal from reality. |
| ricochet |
to bounce or skip off a surface at an angle; rebound. |
| salubrious |
favorable to good health; healthy; wholesome. |
| stipend |
any periodic payment of money, such as a salary or allowance. |
| superfluous |
being beyond a sufficient amount; excessive. |
| throe |
(usually plural) any convulsive or anguished struggle, or great exertion. |