| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| extrinsic |
not inherent or essential; extraneous. |
| foment |
to encourage the development of; instigate or foster. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| indistinct |
not clearly perceived or perceiving. |
| lapidary |
an expert on or dealer in gemstones. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| sanctimony |
a pretense of righteousness or piety; feigned devotion or holiness. |
| schadenfreude |
(often capitalized) pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |