| auspicious |
likely to be followed by favorable events. |
| courier |
someone who delivers messages, packages, and the like, especially for a government, military organization, or business. |
| depreciate |
to lower the cost or value of, especially of property for tax purposes, or of money. |
| dignitary |
one who holds a high office or rank. |
| folio |
a large sheet of paper that has been folded once to form two leaves or four pages of a book or manuscript. |
| heresy |
a religious belief or doctrine not in keeping with the established doctrine of a church, especially the rejection of or dissent from any aspect of Roman Catholic Church dogma by a baptized church member. |
| infernal |
of or pertaining to hell or the world of the dead. |
| intercede |
to act as a mediator in a dispute or disagreement. |
| plummet |
to fall sharply down, especially at high speed; plunge. |
| protract |
to extend in time; prolong. |
| refraction |
the bending of rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like when passed obliquely from one medium to another with a different rate of transmission. |
| sagacity |
the quality of having keen judgment and common sense; wisdom. |
| stipend |
any periodic payment of money, such as a salary or allowance. |
| synchronize |
to cause to occur, move, or operate at the same time or rate. |
| transgression |
the act or an instance of violating a law, religious commandment, or the like; sin; crime; trespass. |