| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| obfuscate |
to make (something) seem or be difficult to understand; obscure or darken. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| reprobate |
an evil or lawless person, often beyond hope of redemption. |
| scion |
an offspring or heir. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |