| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| fealty |
faithfulness or loyalty. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |