| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| alluvium |
sand, soil, gravel, or the like deposited by moving water, as along a river bed. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| exceptionable |
likely to be objected to; objectionable. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| internecine |
of or pertaining to conflict, discord, or struggle within a group. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| redoubtable |
inspiring fear; formidable. |