| collateral |
property or other security put forward to guarantee repayment of a loan. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| debouch |
to advance out of a confined or narrow space such as a canyon into open country. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| imbroglio |
a difficult, confused, or complicated situation, often involving a misunderstanding, disagreement, or quarrel. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
| 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). |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
| splenetic |
ill-tempered or spiteful. |