| adulterate |
to make worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| adversity |
a condition of trouble or difficulty. |
| alacrity |
willing promptness. |
| commodity |
something that can be bought and sold. |
| denote |
to be a mark or sign of. |
| expunge |
to cross out or erase. |
| implicit |
implied rather than directly stated. |
| indubitable |
without question; certain. |
| manacle |
a metal fetter like a bracelet, usually one of a pair linked by a chain, used to shackle the wrists; handcuff. |
| patronize |
to act in an offensively superior manner toward. |
| reformatory |
a corrective institution for disciplining and re-educating young offenders. |
| regression |
the act or condition of return to an earlier form or less advanced state; biological or psychological reversion. |
| undermine |
to gradually, secretly, or imperceptibly weaken and destroy. |
| underscore |
to emphasize by, or as if by, drawing a line beneath. |
| vivacious |
full of life and spirit; animated. |