| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| fealty |
faithfulness or loyalty. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| remonstrate |
to say in opposition, protest, or objection. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |