| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| aplomb |
great self-confidence, composure, or poise. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| contretemps |
an embarrassing or unfortunate happening; mishap; mischance. |
| elide |
to leave out or slur, as a syllable or letter, in pronunciation. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| lachrymose |
weeping, tending to weep readily, or being on the point of tears; tearful. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| malfeasance |
an illegal act or wrongdoing, especially by a public official. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |