| caucus |
a private meeting of leaders of a political party to choose candidates or determine policy, or such a group itself. |
| caustic |
bitingly critical. |
| 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. |
| enfranchise |
to give the rights of a citizen to, especially the right to vote. |
| erudition |
a high level of scholarly knowledge; learnedness. |
| figment |
something imaginary or invented. |
| hedonist |
one who believes that pleasure-seeking should be the primary goal of humans. |
| illicit |
not permitted by custom or law; illegitimate. |
| intemperance |
lack of restraint in the indulgence of an appetite, especially the consumption of alcohol. |
| presentiment |
an intuition or sense of something about to happen; foreboding. |
| promulgate |
to explain or give instruction in (a doctrine) in public; advocate. |
| pursuant |
following on or proceeding from (usually followed by "to"). |
| solemnize |
to carry out the formalities of performance required by (an occasion). |
| unfeigned |
not pretended or false; genuine; sincere. |