| adulterate |
to make worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| archetype |
an original model or pattern from which others are made or copied. |
| asinine |
silly or willfully stupid. |
| bifurcation |
the act or result of dividing into two branches, or the state of being so divided. |
| ductile |
able to withstand stress without breaking, as in drawing out into wire or pounding thin. |
| ebullient |
highly enthusiastic, happily excited, or spirited. |
| fragmentary |
consisting of fragments; incomplete or disconnected. |
| innate |
belonging to or existing in someone or some organism from the time of birth; inborn. |
| larceny |
the stealing of another's personal property; theft. |
| negligible |
so small or unimportant as to be of no account; trifling or insignificant. |
| oscillate |
to swing steadily and repeatedly back and forth. |
| restive |
unable to remain at rest; impatient or ill at ease, especially under restraint. |
| secular |
of or concerning the world and material concerns as opposed to religious or spiritual concerns; temporal. |
| tenable |
able to be upheld, affirmed, supported, or defended; logical. |
| unassailable |
not open to attack, doubt, or denial. |