| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| debouch |
to advance out of a confined or narrow space such as a canyon into open country. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| duress |
intimidation or coercion. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| shibboleth |
a slogan, phrase, or belief that characterizes or is held devotedly by a group. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |