raconteur
storyteller
fermenting
undergoing changes and growth
adder
a venomous snake
teems
overflows with
acolyte
a follower
palls
turns pale, blanches, fades
uncorroborated
not backed up with evidence
elephantine
awkward, graceless
blustering
speaking loudly, threateningly, and swaggeringly
precipitously
quickly
caparisons
decorative armor for a horse
edifying
able to teach or impart learning
enmity
hatred, ire
callous
unfeelingly cruel
squelching
stopping something
usurp
take the place of someone or something else
laggard
slow, dragging
assailing
attacking
ostentatiously
dramatically, theatrically
quarry
prey of a hunter
