| alluvium |
sand, soil, gravel, or the like deposited by moving water, as along a river bed. |
| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| coir |
the fiber made from coconut husks, used for matting, rope, or the like. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| fealty |
faithfulness or loyalty. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| unabashed |
not feeling or showing embarrassment, uneasiness, or shame. |