| altercation |
a loud or angry argument or quarrel. |
| callous |
not having kindness; not sensitive; having a hard heart. |
| contrive |
to plan in a clever way; invent. |
| coroner |
a public officer employed to investigate by inquest any death not thought to have occurred by natural causes. |
| credulity |
an inclination to believe or trust, especially without sufficient basis or evidence; gullibility. |
| deferential |
respectfully submissive to the desires, opinions, or judgments of others. |
| dissipate |
to cause to disappear by, or as though by, dispersing or dissolving. |
| entrench |
to establish firmly and unchangeably. |
| girth |
the length around something. |
| infraction |
an act or instance of breaking or violating, usually a rule or law; violation or breach. |
| marquee |
a canopy or a covering like a roof over the entrance to a building. The marquee over a theater shows the title of the current play or film and sometimes the names of the actors. |
| mendacious |
untruthful. |
| nostalgia |
a longing for the past. |
| orientation |
the act or process of preparing oneself or others for a new situation. |
| presumption |
a belief that is taken for granted but not proved. |