| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| blithe |
indifferent or casual; unconcerned. |
| caste |
the status conferred by the class to which one belongs. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| impermeable |
not permitting passage or penetration. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| luminary |
a famous, important, or inspirational person. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| modus operandi |
a method of accomplishing something; way of working. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |