Although Snape showed obvious antipathy towards Harry, Hermione just wouldn't believe he was trying to kill the Boy Who Lived. She thought the evidence against Snape was meretricious and didn't corroborate with Dumbledore's view of him. Hermione wanted an inquest into his true motives and thought Ron and Harry were being ingenuous when they refused to entertain Snape's loyalty to the Order.
inquest: investigation, inquiry
meretricious: falsely attractive, gaudy
corroborate: to support with evidence
antipathy: extreme dislike, animosity
ingenuous: showing innocence or childlike simplicity
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