| courier |
someone who delivers messages, packages, and the like, especially for a government, military organization, or business. |
| cupidity |
exceptional desire for money or other material possessions; greed. |
| exigent |
requiring immediate attention; urgent or critical. |
| folio |
a large sheet of paper that has been folded once to form two leaves or four pages of a book or manuscript. |
| inclement |
of weather, violent or disagreeable. |
| ingest |
to take in to the body through the mouth. |
| nemesis |
that which one cannot beat, conquer, or succeed at; cause or agent of one's often repeated downfall. |
| pinion2 |
to restrain (someone) by binding the arms. |
| propriety |
proper or appropriate behavior. |
| ramshackle |
poorly constructed or in disrepair; rickety. |
| tenacious |
holding on or tending to hold on strongly or persistently (sometimes followed by "of"). |
| tolerable |
capable of being put up with or endured. |
| torpid |
dormant or inactive, as in hibernation. |
| vicissitude |
(usually plural) unexpected and unforeseeable changes or shifts, as in one's circumstances. |
| witticism |
a clever, often perceptive joke, insult, or saying. |