Invigorating
Stimulating, giving energy to something
Congregation
Follower, parishioner
Maligned
Defamed, slandered
Reprimanding
Scolding, rebuking
Seminal
Original, formative
Squandered
Misused, wasted
Tundra
Treeless plain land
Stoic
Someone who can tolerate lots of pain without any complaint
Perverse
Difficult, awkward
Oblivion
Blackout, insensibility
Noisome
Unpleasant, nasty
Admonishment
Firm warning
Spurious
Sham, false