| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| affidavit |
a written statement that is sworn in the presence of an authorized official to be true, used as legal evidence. |
| colloquialism |
a word or phrase typically used in conversational, informal, or regional speech or writing, hence sometimes considered inappropriate in formal writing. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| stickler |
one who must observe or conform to something (usually followed by "for"). |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |