| alluvium |
sand, soil, gravel, or the like deposited by moving water, as along a river bed. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| entreat |
to beg for something, or to do something. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| malaise |
a state or condition of feeling generally unwell, mentally depressed, sluggish, or uneasy. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| sepsis |
infection, especially by pus-forming bacteria in the blood or tissues. |
| stickler |
one who must observe or conform to something (usually followed by "for"). |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |