| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| dilatory |
used to cause a delay. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| epicene |
sharing the traits of both sexes. |
| erudite |
having or showing a high level of scholarly knowledge; learned. |
| foible |
a minor flaw or weakness in personality, character, or behavior. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| obfuscate |
to make (something) seem or be difficult to understand; obscure or darken. |
| pliant |
easily flexed; supple. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |