| alluvium |
sand, soil, gravel, or the like deposited by moving water, as along a river bed. |
| ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| cavalier |
carefree and offhand; nonchalant. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| denigrate |
to deny the worth of; sneer at; belittle. |
| hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
| imprimatur |
any official permission or sanction. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |