| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| antebellum |
in or of the period prior to a war, especially the American Civil War. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| imprimatur |
any official permission or sanction. |
| misanthrope |
someone who hates or distrusts humanity. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |