| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| expatiate |
to discuss something at great length; describe in great detail. |
| impromptu |
without advance plan or preparation; spontaneously. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
| pusillanimous |
shamefully timid; cowardly. |