| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| blandishment |
(often plural) flattering or coaxing remarks or stratagems intended to persuade. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| exceptionable |
likely to be objected to; objectionable. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| impediment |
an obstacle or hindrance. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| opprobrious |
expressing condemnation or scorn; accusing of shameful behavior. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |