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

• inflictable
• inflicted
• inflicter
• inflicters
• inflicting
• infliction
• inflictions
• inflictive
• inflictor
• inflictors
• inflicts
• in-flight
• infliximab
• infliximabs
• inflorescence
• inflorescences
• inflow
• inflowing
• lacebark
• lacebarks
• lace-boot
• lace-boots
• lace bug
• lace bugs
• laced