| chasten |
to awaken conscience or bring about moral improvement through suffering, discipline, or punishment. |
| complaisance |
willingness to please. |
| credulity |
an inclination to believe or trust, especially without sufficient basis or evidence; gullibility. |
| deference |
respect for and submission to the desires, opinions, or judgments of another. |
| havoc |
ruin or devastation. |
| mundane |
of or pertaining to what is common and everyday; ordinary; commonplace. |
| oscillate |
to swing steadily and repeatedly back and forth. |
| posterior |
located behind or toward the back of something. |
| prodigious |
inspiring wonder and admiration; marvelous. |
| relinquish |
to surrender, release, or let go of; give up. |
| simultaneous |
existing, happening, or done at the same time. |
| syncopate |
in music, to make (a rhythm) more complex as by accenting beats that are not normally accented or employing rests where accented beats would be expected. |
| touchstone |
a test or standard by which to evaluate the worth of something. |
| waif |
a child without a home or friends. |
| waiver |
the intentional relinquishing of a right, claim, or privilege, or a suspension of an existing rule or policy. |