| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| berate |
to reproach or scold severely. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| 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. |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
| spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |