| adjoin |
to be next to; border on. |
| ameliorate |
to make better; improve. |
| coroner |
a public officer employed to investigate by inquest any death not thought to have occurred by natural causes. |
| dispassionate |
without strong feeling or bias; calm; impartial. |
| diverge |
to extend or move away in different directions from a common point. |
| plagiarize |
to wrongfully and deliberately claim as one's own (the ideas, words, or the like) of someone else. |
| revivalist |
suited to or aimed at the purpose of bringing back former beliefs, ideas, or practices. |
| scintillate |
to send out sparks. |
| stigmatize |
to label or brand as disgraceful or shameful. |
| superficial |
of, pertaining to, or located on the surface. |
| surmise |
to infer without certain knowledge; suppose; guess. |
| surrogate |
acting as, or considered to be, a substitute or replacement. |
| ulterior |
beyond or excluded from what is openly admitted or shown, especially when concealed for the purposes of deception. |
| venturesome |
tending to take risks; brave. |
| volatile |
rapidly changeable, especially tending to become violent. |