| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| cognoscente |
someone who has exceptional knowledge in a given area, especially of fashion, literature, or the fine arts; connoisseur. |
| dearth |
a shortage or scarcity of something; lack. |
| equivocal |
having at least two plausible alternative meanings, often intentionally so in order to deceive or avoid commitment; ambiguous. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| gullible |
believing almost anything; easily tricked. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| ostentation |
a showy display to impress others. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |