| betroth |
to pledge or give in marriage. |
| bilk |
to defraud or swindle, especially by avoiding due or promised payment. |
| carnal |
of or pertaining to the flesh or body, especially sexual appetites and activities. |
| consolidate |
to join together into a whole; combine. |
| delimit |
to define or mark the boundaries of; demarcate. |
| dregs |
the part of anything that is left over or that has the least value or use. |
| elongate |
to make longer; lengthen. |
| intimacy |
the condition of being close in friendship or otherwise intimate. |
| inverse |
opposite or reversed in position, order, direction, nature, or effect. |
| leaven |
to produce fermentation in (dough or batter), consequently causing the dough or batter to rise in the process of baking. |
| preeminent |
surpassing others in importance and prominence; foremost. |
| ruffian |
one who is tough and violent; bully; thug. |
| skiff |
a small, light boat that may have sails but can be rowed by one oarsman. |
| subsume |
to classify, consider, or include (an idea, proposition, or the like) in a more comprehensive or general category or principle. |
| workaday |
ordinary; mundane; everyday. |