| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Embark | To make a start; to engage, enlist, or invest in an enterprise |
| Precarious | Depending on the will of others; dependant on chances, unknown conditions, uncertain developments; characterized by lack of stability that threatens with danger |
| Usurer | One that lends money with a ridiculous interest rate |
| Emblem | A picture with a motto or set of verses intended for a moral lesson; an object or the figure of an object symbolizing and suggesting the object or an idea; a device, symbol, or figure adopted by an identifying mark |
| Hoard | A supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| Tantalize | To tease or torment by as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| Swarthy | Of dark color, complexion, or cast |
| Buccaneer | An unscrupulous adventure especially in politics or business |
| Hoary | Gray or white with age, extremely old |
| Obliterate | To remove utterly or from recognition or memory; to make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or wearing away |
| Blight | Something that frustrates or plans hope; something that impairs or destroys; a deteriorating condition |
| Termagant | An overbearing or nagging woman |
| Avarice | Excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain |
| Pensive | Musingly or dreamily thoughtful; suggestive of sad thoughtfulness |
| Quagmire | Softly miry land that shakes underfoot; a difficult, precarious, or entrapping position |
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