adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
affidavit |
a written statement that is sworn in the presence of an authorized official to be true, used as legal evidence. |
descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
eruct |
to belch forth. |
lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
luminary |
a famous, important, or inspirational person. |
oblivious |
not conscious or paying attention; unknowing or unaware (usually followed by "to" or "of"). |
prerogative |
an exclusive right or privilege derived from one's office, position, age, citizenship, birth, or the like. |
repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |
reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
untoward |
unexpected and unfortunate. |