Autopsy

au·top·sy play_w(“A0539400″)

 (ôtps, ôtp-)

n. pl. au·top·sies

1. Examination of a cadaver to determine or confirm the cause of death. Also called necropsy, postmortem, postmortem examination.

2. A critical assessment or examination after the fact: a post-election campaign autopsy.

tr.v. au·top·sied, au·top·sying, au·top·sies

To subject to an autopsy.

inundate

in·un·date play_w(“I0211500″)

 (nn-dt, nn-)

tr.v. in·un·dat·ed, in·un·dat·ing, in·un·dates

1. To cover with water, especially floodwaters.

2. To overwhelm as if with a flood; swamp: The theater was inundated with requests for tickets.

eg:- At one point, I was writing each and every Policy Agent guide that came out, but nowadays I’m inundated and others have come in to help me out. Thank goodness.

oodles

oo·dles play_w(“O0084200″)

 (dlz)

pl.n. Informal

A great amount or number: oodles of fun.

Recluse

re·cluse play_w(“R0085900″)

 (rkls, r-kls)

n.

A person who withdraws from the world to live in seclusion and often in solitude.

adj.

Withdrawn from the world; reclusive.

 

Tantamount

tan·ta·mount play_w(“T0040200″)

 (tnt-mount)

adj.

Equivalent in effect or value: a request tantamount to a demand.

Fiasco

fiasco – a sudden and violent collapse debacle collapse – a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in; “the roof is in danger of collapse”; “the collapse of the old star under its own gravity”

Impute

im·pute play_w(“I0070200″)

 (m-pyt)tr.v. im·put·ed, im·put·ing, im·putes

1. To relate to a particular cause or source; attribute the fault or responsibility to: imputed the rocket failure to a faulty gasket; kindly imputed my clumsiness to inexperience.

2. To assign as a characteristic; credit: the gracefulness so often imputed to cats.

Veneer

ve·neer play_w(“V0051400″)

 (v-nîr)

n.

1. A thin surface layer, as of finely grained wood, glued to a base of inferior material.

2. Any of the thin layers glued together to make plywood.

3. A decorative facing, as of brick.

4. A deceptive, superficial show; a façade: a veneer of friendliness.

 

eg:- These days, almost every (one) claims industry-specific expertise – so it’s difficult to differentiate vertical veneer from the real thing.

Edifice

ed·i·fice play_w(“E0039800″)

 (d-fs)

n.

1. A building, especially one of imposing appearance or size.

2. An elaborate conceptual structure: observations that provided the foundation for the edifice of evolutionary theory.

 

eg:- Public life is built on edifice of mutual trust.

forthwith

forth·with play_w(“F0270700″)

 (fôrth-w, -wth, frth-)adv. At once; immediately

eg:- It should be done forthwith to avoid any possible constitutional crisis.