| alienate |
to cause to become unfriendly or averse; estrange. |
| aperture |
a narrow opening. |
| deprave |
to change for the worse, especially morally; corrupt; pervert. |
| disinterest |
lack of bias or self-interest; impartiality. |
| embellish |
to improve by, or as though by, decorations; decorate. |
| foretaste |
a partial, advance experience or realization of something that will come or happen in the future. |
| inescapable |
unable to be avoided or ignored. |
| iridescent |
emitting or reflecting a lustrous play of colors covering the spectrum, like a rainbow. |
| mendacity |
a tendency to lie; untruthfulness. |
| miasma |
a thick, obscuring vapor. |
| obsession |
that which preoccupies one's mind or emotions excessively or abnormally. |
| poseur |
one who adopts an affected attitude or manner in order to impress others. |
| prevalent |
generally accepted; pervasive; widespread. |
| rebate |
a part of a payment that is returned. |
| recurrent |
happening again or repeatedly. |