| Term | Definition |
| formidable | dreadful;fearful;extremely serious |
| undone | ruined;destroyed the worldly means, reputation, or hopes |
| trepidation | timorous uncertain agitation; apprehensive |
| subservient | servile;cringing manner of one very conscious of a subordinate position |
| hypocrites | person who put on false appearances of virtue or religion |
| partisans | members of a party, faction or cause |
| inert | motionless;inactive |
| pilgrimage | journey to a shrine or sacred place |
| pretense | false show |
| notorious | widely and unfavorably known |
| prodigious | strange;unusual;portentous |
| exudes | spreads out in all directions |
| arbitrate | to determine the outcome of a dispute |
| contiguous | touching along a boundary or at a point |
| defers | submits to anothers wishes, opinions or goverance usually through deference or respect |
| defamation | slander; the act of uttering false charges or misrepresentation malicously calculated to damage another's reputation |
| tract | a defined area of land |
| avidly | eagerly |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| blanched | became ashen or pale |
| evade | to avoid answering directly |