adroitly
skillfully, cleverly
affably
in a friendly, cheerful way
affront
an insult
assailed
attacked violently, with a barrage of words or actions
brindle
referring to animal coloring, featuring dark specks or streaks
celerity
speed
charnel
describing a place where the bodies of the dead are housed
clangor
loud clangs of sound
despondent
full of despair and depression
diffident
shy
epithets
curses
harangue
a ranting speech
imprecations
curses
languor
oppressive stillness or sleepiness
lucid
translucent, clear
lugubrious
sad or dismal
lurid
gruesome, sensational
obdurate
stubborn
paean
a hymn of song and praise
pallor
paleness, lack of color in the skin
paroxysm
a sudden attack; seizure
perambulating
walking
philippic
a fiery, damning speech, or tirade
plaintively
in a manner expressing woe or melancholy
querulous
fretful, whining
redoubtable
causing fear or alarm
resplendent
full of brilliant splendor
restive
restless; fidgety; stubborn
sagacious
wise, shrewd
stentorian
thundering
stolid
calm, dependable
temerity
daring; rashness; audacity
trepidation
nervousness, fear
troughs
shallow conduits or receptacles
vociferous
noisy; vehement
yokel
naive, simple inhabitant of rural areas
