Vocabulary-Death
Vocabulary-Death is the list of words denoting Death.
This list 'Vocabulary-Death' will improve your word-power. Take down the words which you find for the first time. • Asphyxia…Death due to deprived of air • Corpse…The dead body of human being • Carcass…The dead body of an animal • Mortuary…The place where the dead bodies of human beings are temporarily placed • Carrion…The decaying flesh of animal • Morgue…The place where the dead bodies are placed for identification • Cremation…Disposal of dead body by burning • Embalm…To preserve the dead body from putrefaction • Winding-sheet…The cloth which is wrapped round a dead body • Exhume…To dig up a corpse • Bier…The frame on which a dead body is conveyed • Pyre…A pile of wood on which a dead body is burned • Hearse…A vehicle for taking dead body to a cemetery • Cemetery…The place the dead bodies are interred • Post-mortem…An examination of dead body • Autopsy… An examination of dead body • Posthumous…Occurring after death • Epitaph…An inscription on a tomb • Crypt…A vault beneath a church for burial • Sarcophagus…A stone coffin • Catacombs…underground caves with burying places for the dead • Mausoleum…A very expensive and elaborately built tomb • Euthanasia…The practice of putting painlessly to death • Obituary…An account in the news paper about the funeral of the deceased • Intestate…To die, without leaving a will • Legacy…The property left to someone by a will • Requiem…The mass for the dead • Cortege… The mass for the dead • Suicide…The act of killing oneself • Homicide…The act of killing a human being • Infanticide…Murder of a new-born child (infant) • Fratricide…The act of killing one’s brother • Sororicide… The act of killing one’s sister • Matricide… The act of killing one’s mother • Patricide… The act of killing one’s father • Parricide… The act of killing one’s parents • Regicide… The act of killing the king • Resurrection….Rising from the dead • Cenotaph…A monument set up for the person who are buried elsewhere • Electrocuted…Killed by an electric current Vocabulary-Death is the list of words denoting Death. This list 'Vocabulary-Death' will improve your word-power. Take down the words which you find for the first time. |
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