| collusion |
action undertaken in secret partnership or collaboration, usually for illicit purposes. |
| conflagration |
a large, damaging fire. |
| connotation |
a secondary meaning or implication of a word or expression, in addition to its primary meaning. |
| delicacy |
something delightful or rare, especially food. |
| dint |
force or impact. |
| foreshadow |
to signal or indicate beforehand; presage; prefigure. |
| forthcoming |
about to appear or happen. |
| lechery |
excessive or vulgar interest in sex; prurience. |
| patriarch |
a man who is the leader of a family or tribe. |
| peruse |
to read or examine attentively and in detail. |
| prepossess |
to inspire or impress favorably beforehand. |
| reprehensible |
deserving of blame or reproof; condemnable; blameworthy. |
| retroactive |
going into operation or effect as of a previous date, or in respect to past events or circumstances. |
| squalor |
living conditions that are filthy, or the state of being dirty or foul. |
| trove |
a collection of valuable or desirable things. |