stalwart - firm, steadfast, or uncompromising.

cunctation - lateness; delay.

sacrosanct - extremely sacred or inviolable.

shivoo - a boisterous party or celebration.

paucity - smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness.

neophyte - a beginner or novice.

vermilion - a brilliant scarlet red

ravelment - entanglement; confusion

predilection - a tendency to think favorably of something in

stultify - to render absurdly or wholly futile or ineffectual,

interlard - to diversify by adding or interjecting something

xanthochroic - having yellow skin

harn - coarse linen