| archetype |
an original model or pattern from which others are made or copied. |
| constituent |
forming a part of something. |
| coroner |
a public officer employed to investigate by inquest any death not thought to have occurred by natural causes. |
| douse1 |
to place or plunge in water or another liquid; immerse. |
| dub1 |
to name or call. |
| exude |
to emit or give off from, or as if from, the pores of the skin. |
| feasible |
capable of being done, carried out, or brought about; likely to succeed. |
| illicit |
not permitted by custom or law; illegitimate. |
| imprecise |
not exact, accurate, or well-defined; vague. |
| intonation |
the pattern of changes in pitch of the speaking or singing voice. |
| irony |
a manner of using language so that it conveys a different or opposite meaning to that which is literally expressed in the words themselves. Irony is used in ordinary conversation and also as a literary technique, especially to express criticism or to produce humor or pathos. |
| mimicry |
an act, instance, or the art of imitating or copying the speech, behavior, or expressions of others. |
| peripheral |
related but not essential. |
| stymie |
throw an obstacle in the way of (something or someone); impede; thwart. |