| adulterate |
to make worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| concurrent |
existing or occurring at the same time. |
| imitative |
of, involving, or characterized by reproduction or copying; not original. |
| imperative |
very important; urgent. |
| inexorable |
not subject to change by any force or influence; unyielding or unrelenting. |
| knave |
an unscrupulous person; evildoer. |
| obsequious |
showing or tending to show servile obedience or deference; fawning. |
| peruse |
to read or examine attentively and in detail. |
| rarefy |
to make less dense. |
| rectify |
to put right or correct (a bad situation, injustice, or the like); remedy. |
| seemly |
in accord with decency and propriety; suitable; fitting; decorous. |
| tangential |
barely connected to or touching a subject. |
| tenacious |
holding on or tending to hold on strongly or persistently (sometimes followed by "of"). |
| uncouth |
lacking manners or refinement; rude, vulgar, or gauche. |
| underscore |
to emphasize by, or as if by, drawing a line beneath. |