| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| antebellum |
in or of the period prior to a war, especially the American Civil War. |
| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| blithe |
indifferent or casual; unconcerned. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| sepsis |
infection, especially by pus-forming bacteria in the blood or tissues. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |