| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| caste |
the status conferred by the class to which one belongs. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| indemnity |
insurance against damage, loss, or liability. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| recant |
to withdraw from commitment to (a former position or statement), especially publicly; retract. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |