| autopsy |
a medical examination of a dead body to find the cause of death. |
| chasten |
to awaken conscience or bring about moral improvement through suffering, discipline, or punishment. |
| disavow |
to deny having (knowledge, intention, or the like). |
| imponderable |
unable to be evaluated or calculated accurately. |
| infatuate |
to cause a foolish and irrational passion or attachment in (someone). |
| irascible |
easily angered or irritated; short-tempered. |
| lucrative |
producing monetary gain; profitable. |
| menial |
lowly or degrading; servile. |
| pedantry |
the act or practice, or an instance, of flaunting one's learnedness or of being overly insistent on scholarly formalities or details. |
| protagonist |
the leading character in a literary work. |
| rediscover |
to begin experiencing again; find again; regain. |
| reproof |
an act or statement of disapproval. |
| rudiment |
(often plural) something in an initial, imperfect, or undeveloped form. |
| stanza |
a group of related lines in a poem that make up one section within the poem. Stanzas often have a regular meter and rhyme pattern. |
| vignette |
a brief written or musical sketch, or brief film scene, that describes or characterizes a person, incident, situation, or the like. |