redoubtable: (of a person) formidable, especially as an opponent." Eg. He was a redoubtable debater"

/rəˈdoudəb(ə)l/

Stringent- When something is strict, rigid or precise.

Undulate - move or go with a smooth up-and-down motion

Vainglorious- Feeling overly self important , proud  or boastful of your own abilities/achievements.

Writhe - to twist or bend out of shape or position; distort; contort. to twist (oneself, the body, etc.) about, as in pain

xenophobia: fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign

Yawp- To make a loud noise  or intensely cry /shout

Zonked - Tired/exhausted or under the influence of drugs/alchol.

Argle-bargle - copious but meaningless talk or writing

Bussinesslike: showing or having characteristics advantageous to or of use in business; methodical and systematic.

Purposeful, earnest;

Practical, unemotional.

Connate - (especially of ideas or principles) existing in a person or thing from birth; innate.

"are our ethical values connate? 

Dilapitated - (of a building or object) in a state of disrepair or ruin as a result of age or neglect.

"old, dilapidated buildings"

Epaulet- an ornamental cloth pad worn on the shoulder.

Fictional - of, relating to, characterized by, or occurring in fiction : invented by the imagination

fictional story/character