| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| alluvium |
sand, soil, gravel, or the like deposited by moving water, as along a river bed. |
| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| apprise |
to inform (often followed by "of"). |
| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| malfeasance |
an illegal act or wrongdoing, especially by a public official. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |