| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| austere |
having only what is needed; very simple or plain. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| neologism |
a new word, phrase, or usage. |
| oblivious |
not conscious or paying attention; unknowing or unaware (usually followed by "to" or "of"). |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |