| arbitration |
the consideration and decision of an issue or dispute by someone who has the official authority to decide such matters. |
| coroner |
a public officer employed to investigate by inquest any death not thought to have occurred by natural causes. |
| hiatus |
a gap or break in activity, time, or space; interruption. |
| inducement |
something used to persuade someone to a course of action; incentive. |
| invertebrate |
without a backbone |
| laudable |
worthy of praise. |
| lechery |
excessive or vulgar interest in sex; prurience. |
| materialistic |
being more greatly concerned with things in the world that can be acquired than with spiritual matters or values. |
| maternal |
of, having to do with, or like a mother. |
| pertinent |
having to do with or connected to a subject; relevant. |
| promontory |
a high cliff that sticks out into a large body of water or that rises above an area of lower land. |
| requisite |
required or essential. |
| revile |
to speak about or speak to with hostile insults; disparage or abuse. |
| veracity |
conformance to fact; accuracy; truth. |
| wan |
very pale. |