| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| alluvium |
sand, soil, gravel, or the like deposited by moving water, as along a river bed. |
| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| cyst |
a small pouch within body tissue that is filled with fluid or air. Some cysts are connected with serious disease, but most are not harmful at all. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| purvey |
to supply or provide (especially food, drink, or other provisions). |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| 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. |