| adulterate |
to make worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| ameliorate |
to make better; improve. |
| avuncular |
of, concerning, or like an uncle; kind; benevolent. |
| charlatan |
one who deceitfully claims to possess a particular skill or expertise; fraud; quack. |
| deleterious |
harmful or injurious, as to health. |
| disavow |
to deny having (knowledge, intention, or the like). |
| disproportionate |
having too much of one thing in relation to something else; unbalanced. |
| droll |
wryly amusing or humorous. |
| eddy |
to move or turn in circles or eddies. |
| inexcusable |
unable to be justified; unpardonable. |
| odious |
provoking or deserving of hatred; loathsome or repellent. |
| odoriferous |
having or spreading a scent, especially a pleasant or fragrant one. |
| onerous |
unwanted, unpleasant, and burdensome. |
| outmoded |
no longer in keeping with current standards or practices; obsolete. |
| progeny |
a descendant, or descendants collectively; offspring. |