| alluvium |
sand, soil, gravel, or the like deposited by moving water, as along a river bed. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| ersatz |
serving as a substitute, especially when of inferior quality. |
| extempore |
without plan or preparation; impromptu or improvised. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| immaculate |
not dirty; completely clean. |
| jubilate |
to feel joyful; rejoice; exult. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| 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. |