| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| obviate |
to prevent or eliminate in advance; render unnecessary or irrelevant. |
| peremptory |
not permitting refusal or disobedience. |
| perilous |
causing or involving great danger; risky; hazardous. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |