| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| cognizant |
aware; informed (usually followed by "of"). |
| cognoscente |
someone who has exceptional knowledge in a given area, especially of fashion, literature, or the fine arts; connoisseur. |
| cyst |
a small pouch within body tissue that is filled with fluid or air. Some cysts are connected with serious disease, but most are not harmful at all. |
| disquisition |
a formal, often lengthy, oral or written discussion of a subject. |
| euphoria |
a strong feeling of well-being or elation, sometimes unrealistic or unwarranted, and able to be induced by certain drugs. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| imprimatur |
any official permission or sanction. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| kismet |
destiny, fortune, or fate. |
| 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. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |