| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| affidavit |
a written statement that is sworn in the presence of an authorized official to be true, used as legal evidence. |
| atavism |
the recurrence or reappearance of a particular trait, style, attitude, or behavior that seemed to have disappeared, or that which has recurred or reappeared after such an absence. |
| blandishment |
(often plural) flattering or coaxing remarks or stratagems intended to persuade. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| effluvium |
an outflow of usually invisible, foul-smelling vapor or gas. |
| electuary |
a drug mixed with honey, syrup, or the like to form a paste to be smeared on the teeth or gums of a sick animal. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| flange |
a collar or rim that projects from a pipe, housing, or the like to provide strength, stability, or a place for attaching other parts. |
| hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |