| 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. |
| atavism |
the recurrence or reappearance of a particular trait, style, attitude, or behavior that seemed to have disappeared, or that which has recurred or reappeared after such an absence. |
| blithe |
indifferent or casual; unconcerned. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| immaculate |
not dirty; completely clean. |
| indistinct |
not clearly perceived or perceiving. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| interdict |
to deter or impede by the steady use of firepower. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |