| adulterate |
to make worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| cabal |
a small group of people engaged in a secret plot, usually of a political nature. |
| egregious |
remarkably bad; flagrant; glaring. |
| elixir |
a sweetened, aromatic solution of alcohol and water used as a vehicle for medicines. |
| gender |
the sex of a person or animal. |
| inhibit |
to hold back, restrain, prevent, or tend to do so. |
| insecurity |
the condition or quality of having insufficient protection or not being safe. |
| jocose |
inclined to joke; jovial; merry. |
| mettlesome |
spirited or courageous. |
| nuance |
a subtle quality or difference in tone, meaning, color, or the like; shade. |
| pallor |
unnatural lack of color, especially of the face. |
| pillage |
to openly and forcefully seize goods from, as during a war; plunder. |
| revile |
to speak about or speak to with hostile insults; disparage or abuse. |
| salutary |
having or intended to have a beneficial effect. |
| verity |
the quality or condition of being true or real. |