| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| caste |
the status conferred by the class to which one belongs. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| expatiate |
to discuss something at great length; describe in great detail. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| facsimile |
an exact copy or duplicate of something printed or of a picture. |
| flange |
a collar or rim that projects from a pipe, housing, or the like to provide strength, stability, or a place for attaching other parts. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
| virago |
a shrewish, domineering woman; nag or scold. |