fraud: a fault, a deception

　　gaudy: too bright and showy

　　ghastly: death-like, pale and ill

　　grumble: to complain

　　harass: worry, trouble

　　heretic: very busy; active

　　impediment: sth that hinders (esp. in speech)

　　indigenous: native

　　insatiate: never satisfied

　　intrepid: fearless

　　irate: angry

　　jeopardy: danger

　　leash: control

　　loafer: an idle, lazy person

　　lucrative: profitable

　　lustrous: bright; shining

　　malign: to slander