| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| mélange |
a mixture, usually of very dissimilar elements. |
| munificent |
having or showing great generosity. |
| obtrude |
to thrust or force (oneself, one's concerns, or one's opinions) on another or others without being asked. |
| sanguine |
having an optimistic temperament or outlook. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |