| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| brash |
rudely self-assertive; bold; impudent. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| imprimatur |
any official permission or sanction. |
| sanctimony |
a pretense of righteousness or piety; feigned devotion or holiness. |
| unabashed |
not feeling or showing embarrassment, uneasiness, or shame. |