| abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| Byzantine |
characterized by complexity and intrigue. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| perquisite |
a payment or benefit in addition to the wages or salary associated with a position. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |