Redoubtable
Formidable, Impressive, awe-inspiring
Benighted
Ignorant, unenlightened, Backward
Gleanings
Findings, harvest, collection
Lemures
Malevolent spirits, ghosts, Specters
Buoyed
Elevated, Sustained
Dotage
Senility, infirmity, senescence, feebleness
Suffused
Permeated, saturated, imbued
Tussocks
Clumps, mounds, tufts
Leached
Drained, depleted, exhausted
Nimblest
Lithe, agile, flexible
Congealed
Solidified, hardened, set
Fording
Crossing, traversing, wading
Penitence
Remorse, contrition, regret