| alluvium |
sand, soil, gravel, or the like deposited by moving water, as along a river bed. |
| daunt |
to lessen the determination of; intimidate; discourage. |
| gadfly |
a persistent critic, especially of established institutions and policies. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| guru |
in a cult or religious movement, a spiritual guide or leader, sometimes believed to be divine. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| untoward |
unexpected and unfortunate. |