fraud: a fault, a deception
gaudy: too bright and showy
ghastly: death-like, pale and ill
grumble: to complain
harass: worry, trouble
heretic: very busy; active
impediment: sth that hinders (esp. in speech)
indigenous: native
insatiate: never satisfied
intrepid: fearless
irate: angry
jeopardy: danger
leash: control
loafer: an idle, lazy person
lucrative: profitable
lustrous: bright; shining
malign: to slander
meddle: to interfere, to intrude
mend: to repair
mirth: being merry and happy
nausea: feeling of sickness
neglect: pay no attention to
nocturnal: of or in the night
obese: very fat
obsolete: no longer useful, outdated
perch: take up a high position
pervade: spread through every part of
petulant: unreasonably impatient or irritable
pillage: plunder (esp. in war)
presumptuous: too bold or self-confident
quashed : annulled
quenching:? satisfy, put an end to, put out
refurbished:? make clean, as if like new
rejoicing: happiness, joy
