| artifice |
a shrewd or clever trick. |
| autopsy |
a medical examination of a dead body to find the cause of death. |
| docile |
obedient and easy to manage. |
| filch |
to steal (usually something of slight value) in a sly manner; pilfer. |
| harangue |
a long, vehement, and often pompous speech or piece of writing, especially such a speech delivered in public; tirade. |
| ideology |
the body of beliefs, symbols, and political and social aims that characterizes a particular group or institution. |
| implode |
to violently collapse or compress inward. |
| impoverish |
to make poor; cause to live in poverty. |
| induce |
to persuade or influence, as to a course of action. |
| laud |
to praise. |
| opulence |
the condition of being luxuriant and costly. |
| preclude |
to prevent from happening by means of prior action or previously established condition. |
| repast |
a meal, or the food eaten at a meal. |
| solemnize |
to carry out the formalities of performance required by (an occasion). |
| uncharted |
not recorded on any map; unexplored or unknown, as some geographical area or field of research. |