| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| alluvium |
sand, soil, gravel, or the like deposited by moving water, as along a river bed. |
| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| cognoscente |
someone who has exceptional knowledge in a given area, especially of fashion, literature, or the fine arts; connoisseur. |
| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| pungent |
sharp and strong in taste or smell. |
| repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |
| seminal |
of critical importance; essential. |