| annals |
a chronological record of events, usually year by year. |
| collusion |
action undertaken in secret partnership or collaboration, usually for illicit purposes. |
| coroner |
a public officer employed to investigate by inquest any death not thought to have occurred by natural causes. |
| defeatist |
characterized by an acceptance or expectation of failure. |
| equilibrium |
a state of balance between two or more forces. |
| implacable |
not to be pacified or diverted; unappeasable or inexorable. |
| infatuate |
to cause a foolish and irrational passion or attachment in (someone). |
| ingest |
to take in to the body through the mouth. |
| potency |
the condition of being strong in effect or powerful. |
| recompense |
payment or action to compensate for the expenditure or loss of time, money, property, or the like. |
| replenish |
to make complete or full again; refill. |
| reverberation |
the continuation of a sound after the source of the sound has been cut off. |
| surveillance |
a close watch or observation, especially of a person or group of people under suspicion. |
| underscore |
to emphasize by, or as if by, drawing a line beneath. |
| vaporize |
to cause to become or diffuse as a vapor or gas; atomize; evaporate. |