chasten |
to awaken conscience or bring about moral improvement through suffering, discipline, or punishment. |
concourse |
a large open space, as in a railway station, where many people pass or gather. |
fidelity |
loyalty or faithfulness to obligations, promises, or those to whom one has made a commitment. |
habitable |
capable of being lived in. |
inaccessible |
hard or impossible to reach, approach, or attain. |
insurrection |
an act or instance of open rebellion against a government or other authority; uprising. |
legacy |
money, property, or other goods left to someone in a will. |
Lilliputian |
(often lower case) very tiny; extremely small. |
ovation |
a prolonged or enthusiastic episode of applause for someone, as following a performance. |
pivotal |
critically important or crucial; on which something is contingent. |
primeval |
of or suggestive of the first age or ages. |
psychiatrist |
a medical doctor who treats people with mental and emotional illnesses. |
singularity |
an unusual trait or quality. |
timorous |
showing or marked by fear; fearful; timid. |
uproarious |
causing loud or uncontrollable laughter; hilarious. |