| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| augury |
the art or practice or an instance of predicting the future or obtaining hidden knowledge by interpreting omens. |
| bilge |
the rounded part of a ship's hull between the bottom and the sides. |
| condign |
well-deserved or fitting, especially of punishment or reprimand. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| duress |
intimidation or coercion. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| omnibus |
concerning or including a large collection of things. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |