| adulterate |
to make worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| affectation |
falseness or superficiality of appearance or behavior; pretense. |
| apathy |
lack of interest or feeling. |
| constituent |
forming a part of something. |
| fetid |
having a foul odor; stinking. |
| hysteria |
in an individual or group, an uncontrollable outburst of fear or other emotions, producing fits of weeping, laughter, irrational behavior, or the like. |
| interject |
to insert (a remark or comment) between words or remarks or in the middle of a conversation or discussion. |
| mainstay |
the main support of something. |
| monumental |
massive, imposing, or extremely conspicuous. |
| nonentity |
someone or something that is insignificant, dull, undistinguished, or unimportant, especially a person. |
| reconcile |
to heal differences and restore a good relationship between. |
| reminiscence |
something that is remembered; memory or impression. |
| transcendental |
beyond the limits of ordinary experience, thought, or belief; supernatural, visionary, or mystical. |
| vantage |
a position or situation that offers a broad or especially good view, comprehension, or the like. |
| wizened |
shriveled or dried up. |