Monopolised
Took over, cornered
Scruples
Reservation, hesitancy, reluctance
Quiescent
Stagnant, passive, inactive
Depreciated
Decreased in value
Alacrity
Readiness, swiftness
Diabolical
Infernal, Demonic
Perspicacity
Sagacity, shrewdness
Irefully
With extreme wrath
Hitherto
Previously, up to now