| collateral |
property or other security put forward to guarantee repayment of a loan. |
| dearth |
a shortage or scarcity of something; lack. |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by creating doubt or fear. |
| facsimile |
an exact copy or duplicate of something printed or of a picture. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |