| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| blandishment |
(often plural) flattering or coaxing remarks or stratagems intended to persuade. |
| convoluted |
complex; intricate. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| debouch |
to advance out of a confined or narrow space such as a canyon into open country. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| misfeasance |
a normally lawful act performed in an unlawful way. |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |