| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| aplomb |
great self-confidence, composure, or poise. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| coddle |
to simmer in water that is almost at the boiling point. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| opprobrious |
expressing condemnation or scorn; accusing of shameful behavior. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |