| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| diurnal |
occurring or active during, or belonging to, the daytime rather than nighttime. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| halcyon |
tranquil; peaceful; calm. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| misanthrope |
someone who hates or distrusts humanity. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |
| unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |