bilk
obtain or withhold money from (someone) by deceit or without justification; cheat or defraud.
homily
(n.) a sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious moralizing lecture or discourse
demise
death; a ceasing to exist
emit
to send forth
decadence
the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state; deterioration; decay
aghast
struck with overwhelming shock or amazement; filled with sudden fright or horror
granary
a storehouse for grain
choleric
extremely irritable or easily angered
impede
to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
qualm
an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction