Word origins

• preambleA short preliminary statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute.
• solicitTo persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event.
• spoilTo strip (someone who has been killed or defeated) of arms or armour.
• granteeThe person to whom something is granted.
• trappingAn instance of ensnaring something or someone.
• platingAn act of determining where a postage stamp is positioned on a sheet.
• inventTo design a new process or mechanism.
• eagerlyIn an eager manner.
• reformationAn improvement (or an intended improvement) in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices, etc.; intended to make a striking change for the better in social, political or religious affairs or in the conduct of persons or operation of organizations.
• hypocrisyThe contrivance of a false appearance of virtue or goodness, while concealing real character or inclinations, especially with respect to religious and moral beliefs; hence in general sense, dissimulation, pretence, sham.
• bunA small bread roll that is sweetened or spiced.
• palsyComplete or partial muscle paralysis of a body part, often accompanied by a loss of feeling and uncontrolled body movements such as shaking.
• bearerOne who, or that which, bears, sustains, or carries.
• dizzinessThe state of being dizzy; the sensation of instability.
• pickleA cucumber preserved in a solution, usually a brine or a vinegar syrup.
• unevenOf a surface, not even; covered with raised spots, pits and grooves.
• pluralityThe state of being plural.
• WarringtonA town, borough, and unitary authority in Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ6088).
• adventurousInclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.
• confluenceThe act of combining that occurs where two rivers meet.
• yellingThe act of producing a yell.
• troughA long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals.
• quadrantOne of the four sections made by dividing an area with two perpendicular lines.
• AntiochAncient name of Antakya: a city in southeastern Turkey, formerly the capital of the ancient Seleucid Empire and the Crusader Principality of Antioch and a major port of the Roman and Byzantine Empires.
• harrowA device consisting of a heavy framework having several disks or teeth in a row, which is dragged across ploughed land to smooth or break up the soil, to remove weeds or cover seeds; a harrow plow.
• recklessCareless or heedless; headstrong or rash.
• saucerA small shallow dish to hold a cup and catch drips.
• dreamerOne who dreams.
• subpoenaA writ (“written order”) requiring someone to appear in court, or at a deposition or some other legal proceeding, as a witness to give testimony (a subpoena ad testificandum) or to produce evidence (subpoena duces tecum), in default of which the person may be punished.
• spectacleAn exciting or extraordinary scene, exhibition, performance etc.
• oddlyIn a peculiar manner; strangely; unusually.
• nutshellThe shell that surrounds the kernel of a nut.
• arrogantHaving excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.
• thriftThe characteristic of using a minimum of something (especially money).
• temperedHaving a specified disposition or temper.
• solitudeAloneness; the state of being alone, solitary, or by oneself.
• destroyerThat which destroys something.
• weaklyFrail, sickly or of a delicate constitution; weak.
• parsleyA bright green, biennial herb, Petroselinum crispum, having many cultivars.
• hostilityThe state of being hostile.
• culverA dove or pigeon, now specifically of the species Columba palumbus.
• browThe bony ridge over the eyes, upon which the eyebrows are located.
• chantTo sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.
• tightenTo make tighter.
• hutchA box, chest, crate, case or cabinet.
• cuckoldA man married to an adulterous spouse, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.
• parryTo avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc.).
• fayTo fit, to add.
• hedgehogA small mammal of the subfamily Erinaceinae, characterized by their spiny back and often by the habit of rolling up into a ball when attacked, native to Afro-Eurasia.
• follyFoolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of practicality.
• hawthornAny of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Crataegus having small, apple-like fruits and thorny branches.
• wagerA bet; a stake; a pledge.
• adjournmentThe state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
• deemTo hold in belief or estimation; to adjudge as a conclusion; to regard as being; to evaluate according to one's beliefs; to account.
• cavernA large cave.
• flaxA plant of the genus Linum, especially Linum usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. Also known as linseed, especially when referring to the seeds.
• PeabodyA surname transferred from the nickname.
• scarcelyProbably not.
• witchcraftThe practice of witches; magic, sorcery, or the use of supernatural powers to influence or predict events.
• stumpThe remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.
• scalpThe top of the head; the skull.
• sirenOne of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.
• claspA device with interlocking parts used for fastening things together, such as a fastener or a holder.
• summonsA call to do something, especially to come.
• thirstA sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (such as fear, excitement, etc.) which stops the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane.
• leggedHaving legs of a certain specified type or number.
• froFrom; away; back or backward.
• heirSomeone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another.
• amourCourtship; flirtation.
• cravingA strong desire; yearning.
• forageFodder for animals, especially cattle and horses.
• dearbornA light four-wheeled wagon.
• pebbleA small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.
• hooshe
• denominationThe act of naming or designating.
• battlingA growing fat, or the process of causing to grow fat; a fattening.
• lesionA wound or injury.
• tickleThe act of tickling.
• acquaintanceA state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship.
• loomA utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general.
• grubAn insect, especially a beetle, at an immature stage of its life cycle.
• slewThe act, or process of slewing.
• menstrualOf or relating to the menses.
• ethicMoral, relating to morals.
• thineSecond-person singular prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy).
• superiorityThe state of being superior.
• genetAny of several Old World nocturnal, carnivorous mammals, of the genus Genetta, most of which have a spotted coat and a long, ringed tail.
• deviseTo use one’s intellect to plan or design (something).
• wreathSomething twisted, intertwined, or curled.
• plightA dire or unfortunate situation.
• cookeryThe art and practice of preparing food for consumption, especially by the application of heat; cooking.
• turnpikeA frame consisting of two bars crossing each other at right angles and turning on a post or pin, to hinder the passage of animals, but admitting a person to pass between the arms.
• bargeA large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo.
• spartanAustere, frugal, characterized by self-denial.
• crystallineOf, relating to, or composed of crystals.
• infiltrationThe act or process of infiltrating, as of water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body.
• bingSolitary confinement.
• pollockPollachius pollachius.
• broomA domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.
• plainlyIn a plain manner; simply; basically.