| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| bibulous |
addicted to alcohol; alcoholic. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| denigrate |
to deny the worth of; sneer at; belittle. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| lattice |
a flat framework made with strips of wood or other material. The strips cross each other and have open spaces in between. A lattice is often used as a screen on a porch or in a garden. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| obfuscate |
to make (something) seem or be difficult to understand; obscure or darken. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |
| virago |
a shrewish, domineering woman; nag or scold. |