| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| electuary |
a drug mixed with honey, syrup, or the like to form a paste to be smeared on the teeth or gums of a sick animal. |
| entreat |
to beg for something, or to do something. |
| expostulate |
to argue earnestly with someone, usually against an intended action; remonstrate. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |