BETIMES

Meaning:
• in good time, early
• once in a while, on occasion
• quickly, soon

DALLIANCE

Meaning:
• the act of dallying
• play, especially amorous play
• casual romantic or sexual activity, a casual or brief romantic or sexual relationship
• a brief involvement or interest in something

SCUM

Meaning:
• a thin layer of impurities which forms on the top of liquids or bodies of water, often as the result of boiling or fermentation
• the dross or refuse on top of molten metals, slag
• a low, despicable person, or such people collectively, lowlife

RECURRENT

Meaning:
• occurring or appearing again or repeatedly
• running or turning back in a reverse direction, used of blood vessels and nerves
• returning from time to time, recurring

DENOUEMENT

Meaning:
• the final resolution or clarification of a dramatic or narrative plot
• the outcome of a complex sequence of events

CHARNEL

Meaning:
• repository for the bones or bodies of the dead, a charnel house, a grave, a cemetery

TRESTLE

Meaning:
• a horizontal beam or bar held up by two pairs of divergent legs and used as a support
• a braced framework of timbers, piles, or steelwork for carrying a bridge or causeway

DOTTY

Meaning:
• mentally unbalanced, crazy
• amusingly eccentric or unconventional
• ridiculous or absurd

CAVIL

Meaning:
• to argue or find fault over trivial matters, to quibble
• to raise captious and frivolous objections, to find fault without good reason

DEBENTURE

Meaning:
• a certificate or voucher acknowledging a debt
• an unsecured debt instrument backed only by the credit standing of the issuer