| autopsy |
a medical examination of a dead body to find the cause of death. |
| contention |
a point asserted in argument or debate. |
| deducible |
able to be concluded or inferred from certain facts or principles. |
| empirical |
based on or verifiable by experience or experiment, rather than on or by theory. |
| integral |
being an essential part of the whole. |
| mercenary |
interested only in money and material gain. |
| novice |
a person with little or no experience at a particular job or activity. |
| perceptual |
of, relating to, or involving perception. |
| pessimistic |
feeling in a negative way about things; expecting the worst to happen. |
| potable |
fit for drinking. |
| prelude |
an introductory event or act; preface; preliminary. |
| qualm |
a feeling of guilt or doubt. |
| regurgitate |
to surge or pour back or out, especially from of a place of containment, as gases, liquids, or undigested food. |
| seemly |
in accord with decency and propriety; suitable; fitting; decorous. |
| solemnity |
the condition or quality of being grave or serious. |