| adulterate |
to make worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| affectation |
falseness or superficiality of appearance or behavior; pretense. |
| decorous |
proper or formal with respect to behavior, manners, appearance, or the like. |
| felicity |
an instance or condition of great happiness; bliss. |
| fiasco |
an utter and shameful failure. |
| fictitious |
intended to deceive; not genuine; imaginary. |
| instigate |
to purposely agitate or incite; provoke; foment. |
| irrevocable |
impossible to take back, undo, or cancel. |
| licentious |
not within the bounds of morality or propriety, especially with regard to sexual conduct; immoral; lewd. |
| mortify |
to subject (someone) to extreme embarrassment, shame, or humiliation. |
| redeem |
to make up for; balance. |
| sustenance |
nourishment that maintains life; food. |
| tractable |
easy to manage or guide; docile. |
| vicarious |
experienced through imagined participation in someone else's actions, sufferings, or the like. |
| zenith |
the highest point; peak. |