| cessation |
a pausing or stopping; discontinuance. |
| convergent |
tending to move toward a common point or intersection. |
| coroner |
a public officer employed to investigate by inquest any death not thought to have occurred by natural causes. |
| decimation |
the act of destroying a large part or number of something. |
| deference |
respect for and submission to the desires, opinions, or judgments of another. |
| focal |
of or relating to focus. |
| infectious |
able to be given to others by infection. |
| insidious |
dangerous through cunning, subtlety, and underhandedness. |
| martinet |
a person who enforces very strict discipline, especially in the military. |
| rudimentary |
of or pertaining to the basic or first principles; elementary. |
| scourge |
someone or something that inflicts punishment or causes suffering or destruction. |
| skimp |
to be stingy or very sparing. |
| stoic |
showing little or no reaction to painful or pleasant experiences; unmoved; impassive. |
| unseemly |
not in accord with accepted social standards; improper; indecorous. |
| verve |
energetic enthusiasm; liveliness. |