| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| gullible |
believing almost anything; easily tricked. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| munificent |
having or showing great generosity. |
| sepsis |
infection, especially by pus-forming bacteria in the blood or tissues. |