Lesson 8-1
Terms
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- accost
- to approach and speak to, usually aggressively
- obsequy
- a funeral ceremony
- itinerary
- a route or proposed route for a journey
- mortal
- subject to death; causing death
- delineate
- to draw the outline of; describe in words or gestures
- sarcophagus
- stone coffin or tomb, esp. one exposed to view
- obituary
- a newspaper account of a person's death, usually including biographical information
- defunct
- having ceased to exist or live
- latitude
- freedom from normal limitations; room for movement or action
- ghoul
- one who takes pleasure in horrible things; a legendary creature that feeds on corpses
- effusive
- overflowing; excessively emotional
- pretext
- an excuse; a strategy intended to conceal something
- periphery
- a boundary line; perimeter; an outside surface
- avid
- having a passionate desire
- macabre
- suggesting the horror of death
- anterior
- placed before or in front; earlier
- iniquity
- extreme immorality or injustice; wickedness
- necromancy
- magic, esp. performed by supposed communication with the dead
- autopsy
- examination of a body to determine the cause of death
- fatal
- resulting in death; destined to cause very seirous consequences