Word origins

• portageAn act of carrying, especially the carrying of a boat overland between two waterways.
• hostageA person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.
• storeyA floor or level of a building or ship.
• scotchA surface cut or abrasion.
• contentionArgument, contest, debate, strife, struggle.
• utterTo the furthest or most extreme extent; absolute, complete, total, unconditional.
• theirsThat or those belonging to them; the possessive case of they, used without a following noun.
• laxA salmon.
• caterTo provide, particularly
• rehearsalThe practising of something which is to be performed before an audience, usually to test or improve the interaction between several participating people, or to allow technical adjustments with respect to staging to be done.
• tuckTo pull or gather up (an item of fabric).
• slabA large, flat piece of solid material; a solid object that is large and flat.
• archbishopA senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province (in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, etc.)
• lingAny of various codlike saltwater fish often used as food by humans, those of the genus Molva, in the family Lotidae.
• roadwayA way used as a road.
• decorateTo furnish with decorations.
• revocationAn act or instance of revoking.
• peaAny of certain plants of the family Fabaceae: Pisum sativum and others.
• simulateTo model, replicate, duplicate the behavior, appearance or properties of.
• medinaThe traditional, older or non-European area of a North African town.
• thankfulShowing appreciation or gratitude.
• pinchTo squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
• worryingInducing worry.
• timberlandForested land thought of in terms of its potential and value as timber.
• hersThat or those belonging to her; the possessive case of she, used without a following noun.
• grinA smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth.
• comforterA person who comforts someone who is suffering.
• spitA thin metal or wooden rod on which meat is skewered for cooking, often over a fire.
• dissentTo disagree; to withhold assent. Construed with from (or, formerly, to).
• hemUsed to fill in the gap of a pause with a vocalized sound.
• evenlySo as to form a flat surface.
• roveTo shoot with arrows (at).
• erectUpright; vertical or reaching broadly upwards.
• avisadvice; opinion; deliberation.
• barrowA mountain.
• transportingThe transportation of a criminal.
• mortarA mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.
• declaringThe act of making something known; announcing; proclaiming
• wrenchA movement that twists or pulls violently; a tug.
• discomfortMental or bodily distress.
• scarA permanent mark on the skin, sometimes caused by the healing of a wound.
• indictmentAn official formal accusation for a criminal offence, or the process by which it is brought to a jury.
• AndoverA town and civil parish with a town council in Test Valley district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU3645).
• puddingAny of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming or from batter.
• flawedHaving a flaw or imperfection.
• PlatoA male given name from Ancient Greek.
• rotTo suffer decomposition due to biological action, especially by fungi or bacteria.
• needlessNot needed; unnecessary.
• monasteryA residence for monks or others who have taken religious vows.
• LorraineA cultural region, former administrative region, and former duchy in eastern France; since 2016 part of the region of Grand Est region.
• outlawA fugitive from the law.
• interruptionThe act of interrupting, or the state of being interrupted.
• demiA fifty pence piece.
• teaseTo separate the fibres of (a fibrous material).
• motleyComprising greatly varied elements, to the point of incongruity.
• cognitionThe process of knowing, of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and through the senses.
• punishTo cause (a child, student, or someone else being looked after, or a suspect or criminal) to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action, typically by an authority or a person in authority (for example: a parent, teacher, or police officer).
• dwellA period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.
• stairA single step in a staircase.
• dineTo eat; to eat dinner or supper.
• slapA blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.
• salineContaining salt; salty.
• pawThe soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.
• dissolutionThe termination of an organized body or legislative assembly, especially a formal dismissal.
• PaulineOf or relating to Paul the Apostle, his writings, his doctrines, and the form of Christianity that arose from them.
• quartA unit of liquid capacity equal to two pints; one-fourth (quarter) of a gallon. Equivalent to 1.136 liters in the UK and 0.946 liter (liquid quart) or 1.101 liters (dry quart) in the U.S.
• bisonA large, wild bovid of the genus Bison.
• materiallyIn a material manner; with regard to physical things or characteristics.
• nominateTo name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office.
• sparkleA little spark; a scintillation.
• refrainTo hold back, to restrain (someone or something).
• wanderTo move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
• covertSecret, surreptitious, concealed.
• thenceFrom there, from that place or from that time.
• bleedTo shed blood through an injured blood vessel.
• neptuneA sailor acting as Neptune (proper noun sense 1), the Roman god of the ocean, during a ceremony on board a ship when it is crossing the equator.
• understandableCapable of being understood; comprehensible.
• gobletA drinking vessel with a foot and stem.
• incurTo bring upon oneself or expose oneself to, especially something inconvenient, harmful, or onerous; to become liable or subject to.
• canonicalPresent in a canon, religious or otherwise.
• believerA person who believes; especially regarding religion.
• peacockA male peafowl, especially Pavo cristatus, notable for its brilliant iridescently ocellated tail.
• utmostThe most extreme; greatest, ultimate.
• toutSomeone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.
• imitationThe act of imitating.
• dabTo press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing.
• spinachAny member of species Spinacia oleracea of edible plants, or its leaves.
• predecessorOne who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.
• gedThe pike or luce.
• quorumA select body of (usually eminent) justices of the peace, every member of which had to be present to constitute a deciding body; a member of this body. Later more generally: all justices collectively.
• platA plot of land; a lot.
• WorcestershireA midland county of England bordered by Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and West Midlands.
• mullerA person who mulls wine or other alcoholic beverages.
• horsebackThe back of a horse.
• terriblySo as to cause terror or awe.
• earnestGravity; serious purpose; earnestness.
• confederateOf, relating to, or united in a confederacy
• blendingThe act or result of something being blended.
• weaveTo form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
• creditorA person to whom a debt is owed.