high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious

former; erstwhile

not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable

stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient

to disguise or conceal under a false appearance; dissemble

affording remuneration; profitable

not being what it purports to be; false or fake

free from guile; sincere; honest; straightforward; frank

exceptionally pleasing to taste or smell; especially delicious or fragrant

eerie; weird; spooky

wild; frenzied

to cast (oneself) face down on the ground in humility, submission, or adoration

waste money or time on unnecessary or questionable projects

a fool; simpleton

with hands on the hips and elbows turned outward

fortification; a projecting portion of a rampart or fortification that forms an irregular pentagon attached at the base to the main work