Void
An empty space
Ritual
A ceremonial act or a series of such acts
Devious
Shifty; not straightforward
Contend
To compete; vie
Succumb
To give up or give in; yield
Arryo
deep gully cut by an intermittent stream; a dry gulch
mes
broad flat topped hill with cliff like sides
cloister
a place devoted to religious seclusion; a monastery or convent
cassock
an ankle-length garment, with close-fitting waist and sleeves, worn by clergymen
perverse
stubbornly opposed to what is right or reasonable; wrong-headed