| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| canard |
a deliberately false story or rumor, usually defamatory to someone. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| extort |
to extract or obtain (money or the like) by force, threats, or abuse of authority. |
| glabrous |
having no hair or fuzz; bald; smooth. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| laconic |
using very few words; succinct; terse. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |