| cede |
to give up or surrender, especially formally. |
| codicil |
an addition or appendix, especially one modifying the terms of a will. |
| contrive |
to plan in a clever way; invent. |
| earthy |
realistic, practical, and unpretentious. |
| escalation |
increase in amount, scope, or intensity. |
| implausible |
hard to believe or credit. |
| implicate |
to involve or prove involvement of (someone or something) in an affair, situation, event, or series of events. |
| marquee |
a canopy or a covering like a roof over the entrance to a building. The marquee over a theater shows the title of the current play or film and sometimes the names of the actors. |
| officiate |
to function as a priest or minister in a religious ceremony. |
| patriarch |
a man who is the leader of a family or tribe. |
| permeate |
to pass or diffuse through; penetrate. |
| prurient |
characterized by or causing lewdness or lust. |
| rarefy |
to make less dense. |
| testy |
easily annoyed or angered; irritable; touchy. |
| vacillate |
to hesitate or waver in giving an opinion or making a decision; be indecisive. |