| Term | Definition |
|---|
| articulate | express or state clearly |
| avarice | greed for wealth |
| balked | to stop short and refuse to proceed |
| censured | blamed |
| daunted | discouraged, intimidated |
| expedient | suitable for a purpose not necessarily moral |
| consecrated | to make or declare sacred |
| forbearance | patience, lenience |
| impregnable | able to withstand attack, impossible to attack successfully |
| incantations | a spell, either written or uttered |
| melancholy | depression of spirits |
| ostentatious | showy, pretentious |
| parsimony | stinginess; excessive frugality |
| piety | devoutness; reverence for God |
| precarious | uncertain; risky |
| prevalent | generally or widely accepted |
| propitious | favorably disposed |
| prostrate | stretched out and lying at full length along the ground |
| refuge | shelter or place of protection |
| resolute | characterized by a decided purpose |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary |
| morass | marsh or swamp |
| Faust | alchemist who entered into thecompact with the devil |
| gridiron | a football field |
| swarthy | of a dark complexion |
| dingy | dirty; unclean |
| quagmires | soft miry land |
| termagant | a scolding nagging bad-tempered woman |
| mire | mud; wet, swampy ground |
| usurer | someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest |
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