| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| coir |
the fiber made from coconut husks, used for matting, rope, or the like. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| consummate |
of the highest order or degree. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| epistemology |
the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| purvey |
to supply or provide (especially food, drink, or other provisions). |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| schadenfreude |
(often capitalized) pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |