| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| alluvium |
sand, soil, gravel, or the like deposited by moving water, as along a river bed. |
| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by creating doubt or fear. |
| entreat |
to beg for something, or to do something. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| opiate |
something that induces relaxation, calm, or stupor. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |