| autopsy |
a medical examination of a dead body to find the cause of death. |
| bedizen |
to dress or decorate in a flashy, garish fashion. |
| conclusive |
serving to reach a final answer or decision, or to settle. |
| dole |
to deal out or distribute (food, money, or the like) in small amounts to needy people (usually followed by "out"). |
| egress |
an act, instance, method, or place of exit or emergence. |
| fecund |
capable of producing abundant fruit or offspring; fruitful; fertile. |
| finicky |
exceptionally fussy or hard to satisfy. |
| incision |
a cut made during surgery. |
| infelicity |
the quality or condition of being inappropriate, or unfortunate in the given circumstances. |
| knave |
an unscrupulous person; evildoer. |
| piety |
worshipful devotion to and veneration of God or family. |
| proponent |
one who proposes or favors an idea, doctrine, course of action, or the like. |
| proscribe |
to make illegal or prohibit. |
| rarefy |
to make less dense. |
| soporific |
causing sleep or sleepiness. |