Arid land is so dry that very few plants can grow on it.
"His conscience bothered him, and the awareness of his own guilt made him nervous around others, and troubled him greatly even while alone."
After listening to her many amusing anecdotes, we suggested she publish them in a book.Because he told several different anecdotes about what happened, the investigators assumed he was lying.
After loosing his best friend's baseball, he expiated by getting him a new one.
Jane suffered injustice when she was convicted for a crime she didn't commit.