| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| brash |
rudely self-assertive; bold; impudent. |
| collateral |
property or other security put forward to guarantee repayment of a loan. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| misanthrope |
someone who hates or distrusts humanity. |
| penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| purvey |
to supply or provide (especially food, drink, or other provisions). |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |
| spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |