| aberration |
a deviation from what is considered normal or right; irregularity. |
| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| extenuate |
to reduce the magnitude or seriousness of (a fault or offense) by offering partial excuses. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| imprimatur |
any official permission or sanction. |
| lenitive |
mitigating pain, discomfort, or distress; soothing. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| purvey |
to supply or provide (especially food, drink, or other provisions). |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |