bucolic
characteristic of the countryside; rustic; pastoral
burgeon
to flourish
burnish
to polish
buttress
to reinforce, support
cacophonous
unpleasant or harsh-sounding
cadge
to beg; sponge
callous
thick-skinned; insensitive
calumny
false and malicious accusation; slander
canard
false, deliberately misleading story
canon
an established principle; a basis or standard for judgement; a group of literary works