| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| diurnal |
occurring or active during, or belonging to, the daytime rather than nighttime. |
| elide |
to leave out or slur, as a syllable or letter, in pronunciation. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| homily |
any discourse offering moral advice or admonitions. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| pungent |
sharp and strong in taste or smell. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| redoubtable |
inspiring fear; formidable. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |
| 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. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |