| alluvium |
sand, soil, gravel, or the like deposited by moving water, as along a river bed. |
| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| modular |
designed with standardized units that may be arranged or connected in a variety of ways. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |