| cavalier |
carefree and offhand; nonchalant. |
| contretemps |
an embarrassing or unfortunate happening; mishap; mischance. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| flange |
a collar or rim that projects from a pipe, housing, or the like to provide strength, stability, or a place for attaching other parts. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| scabrous |
characterized by a rough or scaly surface, as the leaf of a plant. |
| sepsis |
infection, especially by pus-forming bacteria in the blood or tissues. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
| stately |
dignified. |