| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| deterge |
to cleanse, wash, or wipe off. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| imbroglio |
a difficult, confused, or complicated situation, often involving a misunderstanding, disagreement, or quarrel. |
| imprimatur |
any official permission or sanction. |
| impromptu |
without advance plan or preparation; spontaneously. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| oblivious |
not conscious or paying attention; unknowing or unaware (usually followed by "to" or "of"). |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |