| coroner |
a public officer employed to investigate by inquest any death not thought to have occurred by natural causes. |
| denunciation |
the act of verbally condemning or attacking. |
| dole |
to deal out or distribute (food, money, or the like) in small amounts to needy people (usually followed by "out"). |
| dote |
to have or show too much love or affection (usually followed by "on" or "upon"). |
| enumerate |
to name or list one by one. |
| fetid |
having a foul odor; stinking. |
| finicky |
exceptionally fussy or hard to satisfy. |
| monotone |
speech with little or no change in tone. |
| noncommittal |
not revealing what one's preference, feeling, or opinion is. |
| oblivion |
the state or condition of being entirely forgotten. |
| podium |
a raised platform, as for a speaker or orchestra conductor; dais. |
| postulate |
to assert as something true, especially as a basis for reasoning. |
| refraction |
the bending of rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like when passed obliquely from one medium to another with a different rate of transmission. |
| stupefy |
to astound or bedazzle. |
| subterfuge |
a stratagem or artifice used to hide, avoid, or deceive. |