| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| deposition |
a sworn statement, usually in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law. |
| 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. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| gullible |
believing almost anything; easily tricked. |
| hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
| impermeable |
not permitting passage or penetration. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |