| bilious |
ill-tempered; irritable. |
| bilk |
to defraud or swindle, especially by avoiding due or promised payment. |
| coroner |
a public officer employed to investigate by inquest any death not thought to have occurred by natural causes. |
| decelerate |
to lower the speed of; decrease in velocity; slow down. |
| effigy |
a likeness of a person, usually sculpted, as on a tomb. |
| intransigent |
refusing to alter an idea or a position in response to others' wishes; uncompromising. |
| misapprehension |
a failure to understand. |
| reminiscence |
something that is remembered; memory or impression. |
| revoke |
to take back, cancel, or make no longer valid. |
| senile |
showing certain characteristics of old age, especially a deterioration of mental faculties or emotional control. |
| sentient |
having the capacity to receive sensations; able to perceive. |
| sophistry |
a subtle, deceptive method of reasoning or arguing, involving statements that sound plausible but are actually false or fallacious. |
| traverse |
to go over, along, or through; cover or cross. |
| turncoat |
one who changes from one party, allegiance, or the like, to the opposite, especially a traitor. |
| waif |
a child without a home or friends. |