. rigid. He always has rigid principles.. unprecedented. The level of flood damage is unprecedented.. punctual. Please be punctual in future!. spinster. It's public knowledge that she is a spinster.. stub. a stub of a pencil. flaming. a flaming sunset. post. he set a row of posts in the ground and strung barbwire between them. shudder. I shudder to think of it.. harsh. Chicago winters were too harsh for her.. modest. We consumed a modest amount of food.. immense. She is standing in an immense field.. girder. steel roof girders