| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| berate |
to reproach or scold severely. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| epicene |
sharing the traits of both sexes. |
| equivocal |
having at least two plausible alternative meanings, often intentionally so in order to deceive or avoid commitment; ambiguous. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| peremptory |
not permitting refusal or disobedience. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| sanctimony |
a pretense of righteousness or piety; feigned devotion or holiness. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |