autopsy |
a medical examination of a dead body to find the cause of death. |
backlash |
a strong reaction against some prior development, especially political or social change. |
cater |
to supply food or other service. |
cognate |
having a common origin, as languages. |
effigy |
a likeness of a person, usually sculpted, as on a tomb. |
enrapture |
to cause to be in rapture or to be ecstatically joyful. |
fidelity |
loyalty or faithfulness to obligations, promises, or those to whom one has made a commitment. |
frond |
a long leaf with many small divisions. Ferns and palm trees have fronds. |
infidelity |
unfaithfulness, especially to marital vows; adultery. |
iterate |
to say or do again or repeatedly. |
nuptial |
of or relating to a wedding ceremony or to marriage. |
pertinent |
having to do with or connected to a subject; relevant. |
repulsion |
extreme distaste, disgust, or aversion. |
unchallenged |
not or not having been questioned, disputed, or contested. |
voluminous |
having or characterized by great size or quantity. |