| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| guru |
in a cult or religious movement, a spiritual guide or leader, sometimes believed to be divine. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| mélange |
a mixture, usually of very dissimilar elements. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |