| alluvium |
sand, soil, gravel, or the like deposited by moving water, as along a river bed. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| bilge |
the rounded part of a ship's hull between the bottom and the sides. |
| collateral |
property or other security put forward to guarantee repayment of a loan. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| imbricate |
overlapping in an even sequence, as roof tiles or fish scales. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
| stickler |
one who must observe or conform to something (usually followed by "for"). |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |