| autopsy |
a medical examination of a dead body to find the cause of death. |
| bilious |
ill-tempered; irritable. |
| contentious |
inclined to argue; quarrelsome; belligerent. |
| coterie |
a small, exclusive group of friends or associates with similar interest or activities; clique. |
| gawk |
to look at someone or something fixedly and somewhat dopily; gape. |
| inimitable |
impossible to mimic or copy, because of uniqueness or superiority. |
| perpendicular |
at a right angle to. |
| ramify |
to have or produce effects or consequences that make some original matter more complex. |
| relinquish |
to surrender, release, or let go of; give up. |
| remit |
to refrain from carrying out; cancel. |
| reparation |
the act or process of making amends for wrongdoing or injury. |
| repugnant |
extremely distasteful to one's senses or principles; disgusting. |
| secular |
of or concerning the world and material concerns as opposed to religious or spiritual concerns; temporal. |
| self-determination |
the ability or freedom of a people to decide their own form of government. |
| uninitiated |
combined form of initiated. |