by Meaghan Doyle
| alkaloid | any of numerous usually colorless, complex, and bitter organic bases |
| Anthropomtric | measurement of the human individual for the purposes of understanding human physical variation |
| auricle | an atrium of a heart |
| autodidact | a self-taught person |
| bolus | a rounded mass: as a : a large pill b : a soft mass of chewed food |
| bracken | a large coarse fern |
| calamitous | being, causing, or accompanied by a state of deep distress or misery caused by major misfortune or loss |
| calumny | a misrepresentation intended to harm another’s reputation |
| capillaries | any of the smallest blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules and forming networks throughout the body |
| coquettish | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| corolla | the part of a flower that consists of the separate or fused petals and constitutes the inner whorl of the perianth |
| cyclopean | huge, massive |
| diuretic | tending to increase the excretion of urine |
| divination | the art or practice that seeks to foresee or foretell future events or discover hidden knowledge usually by the interpretation of omens or by the aid of supernatural powers |
| ecchymosis | the escape of blood into the tissues from ruptured blood vessels |
| epithelium | a membranous cellular tissue that covers a free surface or lines a tube or cavity of an animal body and serves especially to enclose and protect the other parts of the body, to produce secretions and excretions, and to function in assimilation |
| esplanade | a level open stretch of paved or grassy ground; especially : one designed for walking or driving along a shore |
| excrescences | a projection or outgrowth especially when abnormal |
| festering | to undergo or exist in a state of progressive deterioration |
| harangued | to speak pompously or bombastically |
| hematomas | a mass of usually clotted blood that forms in a tissue, organ, or body space as a result of a broken blood vessel |
| hypovolemia | a state of decreased blood volume |
| impervious | not capable of being affected or disturbed |
| louche | not reputable or decent |
| neuropathies | an abnormal and usually degenerative state of the nervous system or nerves |
| odontology | study of dental applications in legal proceedings |
| pachucos | a young Mexican-American having a taste for flashy clothes and a special jargon and usually belonging to a neighborhood gang |
| palatine | of, relating to, or lying near the palate |
| pestilential | giving rise to vexation or annoyance |
| portend | indicate, signify |
| posole | a thick soup chiefly of Mexico and the United States Southwest made with pork, hominy, garlic, and chili |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen |
| proliferation | to increase in number |
| putrefaction | the decomposition of organic matter |
| resoundingly | producing or characterized by resonant sound |
| rudimentary | very imperfectly developed or represented only by a vestige |
| stoic | not affected by or showing passion or feeling |
| surreptitious | acting or doing something clandestinely |
| unequivocal | leaving no doubt |
| vehemently | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| ventriloquist | one who provides entertainment by using ventriloquism to carry on an apparent conversation with a hand-manipulated dummy |
| verisimilitude | depicting realism |
| vermillion | a bright red pigment consisting of mercuric sulfide |
| virulent | objectionably harsh or strong |
