| absolutist |
of or relating to government by total, unrestrained power. |
| biennial |
happening every second year. |
| consonance |
agreement, correspondence, or harmony. |
| coroner |
a public officer employed to investigate by inquest any death not thought to have occurred by natural causes. |
| detonate |
to explode or cause to explode. |
| dexterity |
grace and easy quickness in using the hands or body; skill. |
| embellish |
to improve by, or as though by, decorations; decorate. |
| incandescent |
giving off light as a result of being heated. |
| lamentable |
deserving to be mourned or regretted; deplorable; unfortunate; disappointing. |
| perforate |
to make a hole in. |
| rectify |
to put right or correct (a bad situation, injustice, or the like); remedy. |
| rejoinder |
a response to a reply; retort. |
| satire |
a literary or dramatic work that ridicules or derides human vice or foolishness, usually through the use of parody or irony. |
| torrid |
parched or scorched by the sun, as a geographic area. |
| vindictive |
desirous of revenge; vengeful. |