| aseptic |
free of bacteria or germs that cause disease or decay. |
| bedlam |
a situation or scene of confused disorder and uproar. |
| connoisseur |
a person with the experience, expertise, and sense of appreciation to make informed judgments in a fine art or in matters of taste. |
| encumber |
to hinder the normal progress, performance, or use of. |
| enmity |
the mutual feeling of enemies toward each other; hatred; hostility; antagonism. |
| integral |
being an essential part of the whole. |
| intrinsic |
being essential to or of the nature of a thing; inherent. |
| morbid |
in an unhealthy, gloomy mental state; preoccupied with sickness, abnormality, or death. |
| overt |
openly apparent; not concealed. (Cf. covert.) |
| pastoral |
of or relating to the country or country life; rural. |
| placate |
to calm down and make less angry, especially by appeasement; conciliate; pacify. |
| sinuous |
having many curves or turns. |
| subsume |
to classify, consider, or include (an idea, proposition, or the like) in a more comprehensive or general category or principle. |
| unpalatable |
not acceptable or pleasing to the sense of taste. |
| viscous |
having an adhesive, gluey consistency that resists flow. |