| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| brash |
rudely self-assertive; bold; impudent. |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| caste |
the status conferred by the class to which one belongs. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| impromptu |
without advance plan or preparation; spontaneously. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| phlegmatic |
not given to shows of emotion or interest; slow to excite. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |