| alluvium |
sand, soil, gravel, or the like deposited by moving water, as along a river bed. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| cognizant |
aware; informed (usually followed by "of"). |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| disingenuous |
not candid or sincere. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |