| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| beatify |
to admire or exalt as superior. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| fealty |
faithfulness or loyalty. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| granulate |
to make into small particles or grains. |
| imbricate |
overlapping in an even sequence, as roof tiles or fish scales. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| schadenfreude |
(often capitalized) pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |