| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| consternation |
surprise and alarm, leading to panic, deep disappointment, or total confusion. |
| consummate |
of the highest order or degree. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| extrinsic |
not inherent or essential; extraneous. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| indemnity |
insurance against damage, loss, or liability. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |