| alluvium |
sand, soil, gravel, or the like deposited by moving water, as along a river bed. |
| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| duress |
intimidation or coercion. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| neologism |
a new word, phrase, or usage. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| stentorian |
extremely loud and powerful. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |