| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| germane |
having relevance to a given matter; pertinent; significant. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| impermeable |
not permitting passage or penetration. |
| internecine |
of or pertaining to conflict, discord, or struggle within a group. |
| kismet |
destiny, fortune, or fate. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| modular |
designed with standardized units that may be arranged or connected in a variety of ways. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |