| abut |
to adjoin or press against; be next to; border on. |
| bibulous |
addicted to alcohol; alcoholic. |
| collateral |
property or other security put forward to guarantee repayment of a loan. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| fealty |
faithfulness or loyalty. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| pusillanimous |
shamefully timid; cowardly. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |