| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| debouch |
to advance out of a confined or narrow space such as a canyon into open country. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| extort |
to extract or obtain (money or the like) by force, threats, or abuse of authority. |
| guru |
in a cult or religious movement, a spiritual guide or leader, sometimes believed to be divine. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| indulgent |
gratifying, or being inclined to gratify or yield to others' wishes, especially rather than enforcing discipline or strictness. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| peremptory |
not permitting refusal or disobedience. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |