| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| argot |
the vocabulary or jargon characteristic of a specific group or class, especially of criminals. |
| attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| compunction |
uneasiness about the propriety or suitability of an action; qualm. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
| reprobate |
an evil or lawless person, often beyond hope of redemption. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |