- alien: unfamiliar, strange, unusual
- barbarian: an uncivilized person, someone without manners or culture
- constable: a small-town police officer
- disarray: disorganization, untidiness
- displaced: took the place of, removed
- entranced: enchanted, fascinated
- envious: jealous, wanting what someone else has
- gallows: a structure used for hanging criminals
- gander: a look or glance
- helter-skelter: in disorder or confusion
- homely: plain, unattractive
- illiterates: uneducated people, people who can't read
- in cahoots: plotting, planning together in secret
- indomitable: unbeatable, impossible to defeat
- ordeal: a painful or difficult experience
- rave: to talk wildly, as if out of control
- revolutionary: involving a complete or dramatic change
- shrilled: spoke in a high-pitched voice, shrieked, screeched
- submission: surrender, giving in