| aver |
to assert to be true; affirm. |
| consort |
a wife or husband, especially of a royal personage. |
| contraband |
goods banned by law from being imported or exported. |
| decelerate |
to lower the speed of; decrease in velocity; slow down. |
| dregs |
the part of anything that is left over or that has the least value or use. |
| edict |
an order or decree proclaimed by a ruler or other of high authority. |
| fecund |
capable of producing abundant fruit or offspring; fruitful; fertile. |
| imperil |
to put at risk; endanger. |
| implausible |
hard to believe or credit. |
| incipient |
starting to exist or become apparent; in an early stage of development. |
| marquee |
a canopy or a covering like a roof over the entrance to a building. The marquee over a theater shows the title of the current play or film and sometimes the names of the actors. |
| morbid |
in an unhealthy, gloomy mental state; preoccupied with sickness, abnormality, or death. |
| prepossess |
to inspire or impress favorably beforehand. |
| salutary |
having or intended to have a beneficial effect. |
| visceral |
stemming from instinct or intuition rather than the intellect. |