| acrimonious |
filled with bitterness or rancor. |
| climactic |
pertaining to, reaching, or being the point of highest interest or intensity in a series of increasingly important points or events. |
| disembark |
to put or go ashore from a ship. |
| incandescent |
giving off light as a result of being heated. |
| marauder |
one who raids or invades in order to plunder. |
| nominal |
in name alone. |
| optic |
of or concerning the eye or the sense of sight. |
| perforate |
to make a hole in. |
| phenomenal |
amazing or extraordinary. |
| reprimand |
a strong, usually formal statement of disapproval; rebuke. |
| striate |
to mark with stripes or furrows. |
| sycophant |
one that flatters and fawns over superiors in order to get favors or advance his or her position; toady. |
| touchstone |
a test or standard by which to evaluate the worth of something. |
| verdant |
green. |
| vociferous |
crying out, especially in protest; vocal; clamorous. |