| adulterate |
to make worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| cacophonous |
characterized by a discordant, sometimes unpleasant, mixture of sounds. |
| circumscribe |
to keep within bounds; confine; restrict. |
| corpulent |
fat; portly; obese. |
| disconsolate |
hopelessly unhappy; dejected. |
| extradition |
the legal transfer of a fugitive from one state or jurisdiction to another where he or she is to be tried or imprisoned. |
| fallacy |
a false or misleading idea or notion, especially one that is commonly held. |
| histrionic |
done in a theatrical, emotional, or affected manner; overly dramatic. |
| obliterate |
to erase or make unrecognizable by erasing. |
| peripheral |
related but not essential. |
| protract |
to extend in time; prolong. |
| scuttle2 |
to move or run as if in a hurry; scurry. |
| sensory |
of or pertaining to hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting, or touching. |
| sermonize |
to preach, or to speak as if doing so. |
| wrest |
to take away with, or as if with, a twist or pull. |