| autopsy |
a medical examination of a dead body to find the cause of death. |
| buxom |
of a woman, having a full figure and healthy appearance. |
| communicable |
capable of being spread or passed on; contagious. |
| connive |
to join secretly in a plot; conspire. |
| exhaustive |
thorough and all-encompassing. |
| exigency |
a condition of urgency. |
| extrapolate |
to make an estimate or inference of (future probability or the like) on the basis of what is already known or has already occurred. |
| gratis |
without charging money; freely. |
| havoc |
ruin or devastation. |
| intolerant |
not able or not willing to accept different opinions, beliefs, customs, or people; not tolerant. |
| resilience |
the ability to resume shape after being pressed or stretched. |
| scavenger |
an animal that finds and eats dead animals or rotting plants; a person who finds things that others no longer want. |
| stupor |
a state of unconsciousness, insensibility, or torpor. |
| terse |
effectively brief and to the point; concise; pithy. |
| tremulous |
trembling or wavering, or inclined to tremble or waver. |