| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| deadeye |
an expert shooter. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| extempore |
without plan or preparation; impromptu or improvised. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| stipple |
a method of painting, drawing, or engraving by applying small points, dots, or dabs to a surface. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |
| veneration |
a feeling of great respect; awe; reverence. |