| chastise |
to punish, often corporally. |
| depict |
to show, describe, or portray in a painting, sculpture, or written work. |
| eddy |
to move or turn in circles or eddies. |
| incandescent |
giving off light as a result of being heated. |
| increment |
a rise or addition in number or value, often small. |
| inscrutable |
impossible to comprehend or interpret; mysterious. |
| invective |
strongly abusive or denunciatory speech or language. |
| limbo1 |
(often capitalized) in theology, a place neither in heaven nor hell for souls neither saved nor condemned, such as those of unbaptized infants. |
| mutable |
able or likely to change. |
| neurotic |
suffering from needless fears and worries. |
| plenitude |
abundance; fullness. |
| scavenger |
an animal that finds and eats dead animals or rotting plants; a person who finds things that others no longer want. |
| tenacity |
the quality or condition of holding on strongly or persistently to something. |
| tenuous |
having little substance, support, or significance; flimsy; weak. |
| tortuous |
changing direction frequently; twisting, winding, or crooked, as a path. |