| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| cognizant |
aware; informed (usually followed by "of"). |
| convoluted |
complex; intricate. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| inadvertent |
not planned or intended; unintentional. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| obfuscate |
to make (something) seem or be difficult to understand; obscure or darken. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| truculent |
extremely hostile or belligerent; inclined to fight. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |