| alluvium |
sand, soil, gravel, or the like deposited by moving water, as along a river bed. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| diurnal |
occurring or active during, or belonging to, the daytime rather than nighttime. |
| equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| germane |
having relevance to a given matter; pertinent; significant. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| internecine |
of or pertaining to conflict, discord, or struggle within a group. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| modus operandi |
a method of accomplishing something; way of working. |
| peremptory |
not permitting refusal or disobedience. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |