| apocalypse |
any instance of terrible destruction and devastation, especially on a scale that could bring about an end to the world. |
| arbitration |
the consideration and decision of an issue or dispute by someone who has the official authority to decide such matters. |
| beguile |
to deceive or cheat by using guile. |
| clime |
in literary use, a region of the earth, or the typical weather conditions thereof. |
| despot |
a ruler who has complete power and authority. |
| fallible |
capable of making mistakes; liable to error. |
| fastidious |
exceedingly particular or demanding especially in matters of detail; exacting. |
| informant |
one who reports or confides what he or she knows to another; source. |
| limbo1 |
(often capitalized) in theology, a place neither in heaven nor hell for souls neither saved nor condemned, such as those of unbaptized infants. |
| obsession |
that which preoccupies one's mind or emotions excessively or abnormally. |
| proliferate |
to spread or increase quickly. |
| psyche |
the mental makeup of a person or group. |
| pummel |
to strike heavily with or as if with the fists, a sword, a club, or the like; beat. |
| sodden |
drenched with liquid; saturated; soaked. |
| spurious |
not genuine, authentic, or valid; false. |