| Term | Definition |
| confluence | convergence, joining together, flowing together |
| effluent | stream, flow, discharge, flowing, streaming |
| flux | fluctuation, change, instability, fluidity |
| dehydrate | to dry out, dehumidify |
| hydrology | water science |
| cormorant | sea bird, glutton, greedy person |
| marinade | seasoned liquid or sauce |
| nauseate | to sicken, to disgust, to repulse |
| nave | central part of church |
| pontiff | pope, bishop |
| pontificate | to orate, to admonish, to speak pompously, to dogmatize |
| undulate | to swell, to billow, to surge |
| redound | to reverberate, to echo, to resound |
| redundant | superfluous, repitious, extraneous |
| inundate | to engulf, to submerge, to flood, to overflow, to overwhelm |