| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| beatify |
to admire or exalt as superior. |
| coir |
the fiber made from coconut husks, used for matting, rope, or the like. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| eidetic |
pertaining to or designating the ability to recall images in almost perfect detail. |
| hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| neologism |
a new word, phrase, or usage. |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| sotto voce |
in a low voice or undertone, so as not to be overheard; softly (often used as a musical direction). |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |