a person living in seclusion

choosing to be involved in an illegal or questionable act, especially with others; having complicity

refuse given to hogs; swill

a pleasant smell that frequently accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather

not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable

a fixed or firm belief

exhausted; very tired

natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; indigenous

a guide who gives information about antiquities and places of interest to sightseers

friendly; agreeable

something small, delicate, and exquisitely wrought

calculated to create ill will or resentment or give offense; hateful

to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.

characterized by avarice; greedy; covetous

extremely distasteful; unacceptable

projecting or leaning forward; overhanging