| altercation |
a loud or angry argument or quarrel. |
| azure |
the color of a clear blue sky. |
| bilk |
to defraud or swindle, especially by avoiding due or promised payment. |
| cadaver |
a dead body, especially one used for medical research or instruction. |
| castigate |
to punish or rebuke, as with severe public criticism; chastise. |
| connive |
to join secretly in a plot; conspire. |
| deleterious |
harmful or injurious, as to health. |
| emaciated |
extremely thin, as from starvation or disease. |
| entomology |
the science concerned with insects. |
| fatuous |
smugly foolish or stupid. |
| philosophy |
the study of the nature of life, truth, knowledge, and other important human matters, |
| piety |
worshipful devotion to and veneration of God or family. |
| procure |
to get or get hold of by effort; obtain. |
| prudery |
the state, quality, or characteristic of being overly concerned with modest or proper conduct, speech, dress, or the like. |
| regimen |
a regulated routine of therapy or exercise designed to promote health or fitness. |