| aberration |
a deviation from what is considered normal or right; irregularity. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| redoubtable |
inspiring fear; formidable. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| shibboleth |
a slogan, phrase, or belief that characterizes or is held devotedly by a group. |
| truculent |
extremely hostile or belligerent; inclined to fight. |