parsimony
stinginess
demurred
politely and delicately refuse to respond to a person's question or comment
foppish
acting in a silly, artificial way
maws
mouths
progenitor
creator
rigamarole
a long and drawn-out process
flagon
a container for a liquid, as to drink
fetials
priests in ancient Rome
risible
able to be mocked
portents
omens or signs that something bad may happen
expiating
acting to atone for something bad
impious
behaving in an immoral or irreligious fashion
odium
hatred, contempt, detestation
mollify
to calm or placate someone
paroxysms
spasms
utricide
stabbing -- not of a person, but rather of a skin vessel or sac
alacrity
cheerful promptness or eagerness
precipitous
steep
munificence
generosity
foists
to force something unwanted on someone
