| alluvium |
sand, soil, gravel, or the like deposited by moving water, as along a river bed. |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| exceptionable |
likely to be objected to; objectionable. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| guru |
in a cult or religious movement, a spiritual guide or leader, sometimes believed to be divine. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| ineptitude |
incompetence; lack of skill. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| malfeasance |
an illegal act or wrongdoing, especially by a public official. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |