| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| affidavit |
a written statement that is sworn in the presence of an authorized official to be true, used as legal evidence. |
| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| élan |
enthusiasm or vigor. |
| germane |
having relevance to a given matter; pertinent; significant. |
| glean |
to gather or discover (facts, information, or the like) a little at a time. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| refulgent |
shining brilliantly; radiant. |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |