edifice
a large structure, usually a building
phantasmagoric
fantastical, imaginative
physiognomy
appearance, face
augur
to foretell the future
meagre
scanty, to little of
peremptory
quick, hasty
paramour
a lover
assimilate
to blend into
infamy
shame
mountebank
a charlatan
pillory
a place of punishment
talisman
a token
wreak
to cause to happen
exhort
to plead
requital
in return/payment
contumely
contempt
ignominious
shameful
progenitors
ansectors
unavailingly
uselessly
evanescent
temporary, transient