| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| amortize |
to deduct (expenditures) by fixed amounts over a period of time. |
| aplomb |
great self-confidence, composure, or poise. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| determinism |
the belief or teaching that every effect, including human thoughts and actions, is completely and predictably brought about by preceding causes and that, therefore, free will does not exist. |
| fixation |
an obsession, especially one that interferes with normal functioning. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |