| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| debouch |
to advance out of a confined or narrow space such as a canyon into open country. |
| elide |
to leave out or slur, as a syllable or letter, in pronunciation. |
| glabrous |
having no hair or fuzz; bald; smooth. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| impromptu |
without advance plan or preparation; spontaneously. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| recant |
to withdraw from commitment to (a former position or statement), especially publicly; retract. |
| recondite |
involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood. |
| reconnaissance |
the act or process of examining an area, especially to gain militarily useful information. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |