| alluvium |
sand, soil, gravel, or the like deposited by moving water, as along a river bed. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| brash |
rudely self-assertive; bold; impudent. |
| Byzantine |
characterized by complexity and intrigue. |
| conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| eidetic |
pertaining to or designating the ability to recall images in almost perfect detail. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |