| autopsy |
a medical examination of a dead body to find the cause of death. |
| chastise |
to punish, often corporally. |
| fickle |
quickly changing without reason or warning, especially in affection or allegiance; variable or capricious. |
| fragility |
the condition of being delicate and easily broken. |
| fusion |
the act of fusing or joining together. |
| indisposed |
slightly and temporarily ill, as with indigestion or a cold. |
| magnitude |
size or extent. |
| noteworthy |
deserving attention; remarkable. |
| obligatory |
required; compulsory. |
| ostentatious |
done or designed with the intention of impressing others and consequently overly showy or grandiose; pretentious. |
| overture |
an opening move to begin something. |
| parable |
a very short story told to teach a moral or religious lesson. |
| retentive |
having the ability to remember. |
| succumb |
to give in or give way to a fatal illness, superior force, overwhelming desire, or the like; yield. |
| treatise |
a detailed and formal written work, usually dealing systematically with a single theme or subject. |