5 words I didn't understand from the story, 'Suffer The Little Children', by Stephen King

Stout - Short and fat. Sturdy.
Tallow - Fat used to make candles and soap. Grease, lard, blubber, wax.
Hypocrisy - assuming of false appearance of virtue. Pretence, deception, can't.
Turgid - Swollen or inflated.
Senility - Showing weakness of old age. Anility.