| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| austere |
having only what is needed; very simple or plain. |
| daunt |
to lessen the determination of; intimidate; discourage. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| expatiate |
to discuss something at great length; describe in great detail. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| imbricate |
overlapping in an even sequence, as roof tiles or fish scales. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| omnibus |
concerning or including a large collection of things. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |