| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| compunction |
uneasiness about the propriety or suitability of an action; qualm. |
| debouch |
to advance out of a confined or narrow space such as a canyon into open country. |
| extralegal |
not regulated or permitted by law; outside of legal authority. |
| hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| oblivious |
not conscious or paying attention; unknowing or unaware (usually followed by "to" or "of"). |
| pusillanimous |
shamefully timid; cowardly. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |