| alluvium |
sand, soil, gravel, or the like deposited by moving water, as along a river bed. |
| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
| contretemps |
an embarrassing or unfortunate happening; mishap; mischance. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| idiosyncrasy |
a characteristic of temperament, habit, or physical structure particular to a given individual or group; peculiarity. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |