| ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| extort |
to extract or obtain (money or the like) by force, threats, or abuse of authority. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| perilous |
causing or involving great danger; risky; hazardous. |
| prerogative |
an exclusive right or privilege derived from one's office, position, age, citizenship, birth, or the like. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |