ferocious
savagely fierce, cruel, or violent.
virtue
behaviour showing high moral standards.
mayhem
chaos
merest
used to emphasize how small or insignificant someone or something is.
good natured
kind, friendly, and patient
jackknife
a large knife with a folding blade.
tenderest
showing gentleness, kindness, and affection.
relic
An object from a distant age that has managed to stay relatively intact through the passage of time.
autocratic
Tyrannical, despotic and oppressively authoritarian.
burnished
Polished to a sheen.
embolden
Energized with a newfound sense of purpose and the courage to get it done.
atrophy
Wasting away due to cellular breakdown.
lithe
Supple and flexible and possessing a nimble agility.
assiduously
Tirelessly and diligently.
unerring
An uncanny reputation for avoiding mistakes.
contrived
Manufactured and engineered; hatched; constructed.
dire
Cataclysmic and potentially catastrophic and at the very least urgent and critical.
incredulous
Skeptical, disbelieving and profoundly dubious about something that does seem to defy logic.
invective
A particularly angry and scornful pouring forth of a statement critical of something or somebody.
arduous
Laborious and grueling, usually applied within the context of labor.
swarthy
Having a dark complexion.
robust
Full of vitality and energy and projecting a vigorous and forceful energy.
fortitude
An inner sense of one's determination; the size of one's mettle; the depth of one's grit.
emissary
An ambassador or diplomatic representative.
pyre
Combustible material used for ceremonial incineration of a corpose during a funeral procedure.
grisly
Characterizing a ghastly, gruesome and usually gory situation.
