| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| consummate |
of the highest order or degree. |
| deadeye |
an expert shooter. |
| deterge |
to cleanse, wash, or wipe off. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| impugn |
to call into question; challenge or try to discredit. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| parlous |
full of dangers or risks; perilous. |
| parvenu |
a person who has suddenly acquired wealth or status, without acquiring the tastes, manners, customs, or the like of his or her new station. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |