| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| germane |
having relevance to a given matter; pertinent; significant. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| indistinct |
not clearly perceived or perceiving. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| linguistics |
(used with a singular verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language. |
| otiose |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile. |
| purvey |
to supply or provide (especially food, drink, or other provisions). |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |