| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by creating doubt or fear. |
| equivocal |
having at least two plausible alternative meanings, often intentionally so in order to deceive or avoid commitment; ambiguous. |
| extralegal |
not regulated or permitted by law; outside of legal authority. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| indulgent |
gratifying, or being inclined to gratify or yield to others' wishes, especially rather than enforcing discipline or strictness. |
| ineptitude |
incompetence; lack of skill. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |