| bilk |
to defraud or swindle, especially by avoiding due or promised payment. |
| conciliatory |
tending to placate or reconcile. |
| confection |
a sweetened candy or fruit. |
| disputation |
the act or process of arguing or debating a topic. |
| haggle |
to bargain or argue over petty differences in price, terms, or point of view. |
| imminent |
about to happen or likely to happen soon. |
| mire |
deep, heavy mud or soil. |
| pilgrimage |
a usually long trip undertaken for religious purposes, such as to visit a holy place. |
| posterity |
all generations to come. |
| prohibitive |
serving as a preventative. |
| protract |
to extend in time; prolong. |
| regress |
to go back or backwards, as in reverting to an earlier form or stage of development. |
| resurgent |
surging or rising once again; coming back. |
| secular |
of or concerning the world and material concerns as opposed to religious or spiritual concerns; temporal. |
| vagary |
an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant occurrence, action, or idea; whim. |