Lapidary
A person who cuts and polishes stones
Ingenious
Talented, inventive, gifted
Requital
Reward, kindness
Ludicrous
Nonsensical, farcical
Catastrophe
Destruction
Encumbrance
Liability, obstacle
Equivocation
Vagueness, doubt
Bigotry
Prejudice, intolerance
Expatriated
Settled abroad