| autopsy |
a medical examination of a dead body to find the cause of death. |
| coerce |
to persuade or pressure (a person) to do something by using threats, intimidation, or the like. |
| conspirator |
a person who is involved in a plot with others to perform or a criminal or wrongful act. |
| dregs |
the part of anything that is left over or that has the least value or use. |
| inducement |
something used to persuade someone to a course of action; incentive. |
| informant |
one who reports or confides what he or she knows to another; source. |
| mentor |
someone who plays an important role in another person's life as a guide and teacher. |
| predominant |
being the chief or greatest in importance, status, influence, or the like. |
| primacy |
the state of being first, earliest, most essential, or most important. |
| recluse |
a person who lives in voluntary isolation from others. |
| recurrent |
happening again or repeatedly. |
| sacrilege |
the violation, profane treatment, or destruction of some place or thing that is considered to be holy. |
| stalwart |
steady and loyal; reliable. |
| uniformity |
the state or quality of being uniform; overall sameness. |
| veer |
to change direction; turn quickly. |