| Term | Definition |
| carrion | n. decaying flesh of a carcass |
| contaminate | v. make impure by mixture; pollute |
| dross | n. waste; refuse |
| expurgate | v. remove objectionable material from a book; bowdlerize; purify |
| immaculate | adj. spotless; absolutely clean; pure; faultless |
| offal | n. waste parts of a butchered animal; refuse; garbage |
| purge | v. cleanse; purify; rid of undesired element or person |
| slatternly | adj. untidy; dirty from habitual neglect; solvenly |
| sloven | n. person habitually untidy, dirty, or careless in dress habits, etc. |
| sordid | adj. filthy; vile |
| squalid | adj. filthy from neglect; dirty; degraded |
| squalor | n. filth; degradation; sordidness |
| sully | v. tarnish; besmirch; defile |