celestial
angelic, heavenly
blithe
happy, carefree, cheerful
arid
dry, barren
smite
to attack, to torment
Phlegethon
From Greek mythology, one of the rivers in the underworld
forsooth
indeed, truly, in fact
verdant
green, grassy, blooming
avarice
greed, voracity
fount
origin, source
totter
to wobble, to stagger