abstain: go without

Blighted: destroyed

credulous: gullible

enshroud: cover

Haughtiness: pride

Lachrymose: sad

Obfuscate: make difficult to understand

Plethora: excess

Repudiate: shun

Tedium: boredom

abstruse: obscure

Blunderbuss: clumsy person

Cringe: recoil

envenom: cause bitterness

hedonism: self indulgence

Laconic: brief

oblique: slanting

plumage: bird feathers

resignation: acceptance

tenacious: stubborn