scuffed
scraped
pilgrim
a person making a journey to a specific destination for a religious reason
godspeed
a common benediction wishing God's favor on the listener
mundane
commonplace, boringly normal
infidel
a derogatory term used to describe someone outside the speaker's own religion
celestials
derogatory slang for people from China (or anywhere in the East) used centuries ago in America
sunder
separate, break apart
heathen
another derogatory term used to describe someone outside the speaker's own religion
baffle
to thoroughly confuse, bewilder
prospector
a miner with hopes to discover gold or some other such valuable material
proposition
a formal offer
whoring
prostituting; used as vulgar slang to mean doing everything you can to achieve something
debutante
a young woman in high society
hardy
strong, sturdy
hypnotist
one who intentionally places someone else in a trance, often for psychoanalytical reasons
