| alluvium |
sand, soil, gravel, or the like deposited by moving water, as along a river bed. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| deterge |
to cleanse, wash, or wipe off. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| indulgent |
gratifying, or being inclined to gratify or yield to others' wishes, especially rather than enforcing discipline or strictness. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |