| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| electuary |
a drug mixed with honey, syrup, or the like to form a paste to be smeared on the teeth or gums of a sick animal. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| gullible |
believing almost anything; easily tricked. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| lapidary |
an expert on or dealer in gemstones. |
| otiose |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile. |
| redoubtable |
inspiring fear; formidable. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |