earnest² /ûrˈnist/

1. Payment given to confirm a contract (also earˈnest-money or earˈnest-penny)
2. A pledge
3. A sign or foretaste of what is to come
4. First-fruits

• vildness
• vildnesses
• vile
• vilely
• vileness
• vilenesses
• viler
• vilest
• viliaco
• viliacoes
• viliacos
• viliago
• viliagoes
• viliagos
• vilification
• vilifications
• vilified
• vilifier
• vilifiers
• vilifies
• vilify
• vilifying
• vilipend
• vilipended
• vilipending