| autopsy |
a medical examination of a dead body to find the cause of death. |
| experimentation |
the act, process, or practice of running tests or trials. |
| frugal |
small in amount or cost; meager. |
| grapple |
to grasp, twist, or wrestle in close combat. |
| habitable |
capable of being lived in. |
| inaccessible |
hard or impossible to reach, approach, or attain. |
| memoir |
an account of facts or events based primarily on the author's personal experience. |
| nascent |
coming into being or starting to develop. |
| parry |
to deflect or knock aside (a blow or stroke), as with one's weapon in fencing. |
| personify |
to be a perfect or typical example of; embody. |
| pivotal |
critically important or crucial; on which something is contingent. |
| qualm |
a feeling of guilt or doubt. |
| rectify |
to put right or correct (a bad situation, injustice, or the like); remedy. |
| rhapsody |
a musical composition having an irregular form suggesting improvisation. |
| symposium |
a conference or meeting on a single topic, usually involving several speakers. |