| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
| convoluted |
complex; intricate. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| dilatory |
used to cause a delay. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| erudite |
having or showing a high level of scholarly knowledge; learned. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| incumbent |
currently holding an office or position. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| pusillanimous |
shamefully timid; cowardly. |