Word origins

• consummateComplete in every detail, perfect, absolute.
• penitentiaryA state or federal prison for convicted felons; (loosely) a prison.
• shrewdShowing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.
• flackTo flutter; palpitate.
• impatienceThe quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something.
• crassCoarse; crude; unrefined or insensitive; lacking discrimination or taste.
• highgateA highway.
• LancelotOne of the Knights of the Round Table, a lover of Guinevere.
• crowderOne who crowds or pushes.
• staunchNot permitting water or some other liquid to escape or penetrate; watertight.
• occupierOne who occupies, particularly with respect to a foreign government controlling the territory of another.
• nimbleAdept at taking or grasping.
• shroudedWearing, or provided with a shroud.
• brazenMade of brass.
• angersA city, the capital of Maine-et-Loire department, Pays de la Loire, France.
• inkedHaving a tattoo or tattoos.
• unwittinglyIn an unwitting manner; inadvertently, obliviously, unintentionally, unknowingly.
• antecedentEarlier, either in time or in order.
• gramercyUsed as an expression of gratitude: thanks; many thanks.
• sliverA long piece cut or rent off; a sharp, slender fragment.
• lovelessWithout love.
• gridironAn instrument of torture on which people were secured before being burned by fire.
• innermostThat which is innermost; the core.
• wryTurned away, contorted (of the face or body).
• almsSomething given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food.
• retortA sharp or witty reply, or one which turns an argument against its originator; a comeback.
• congregateTo collect into an assembly or assemblage; to bring into one place, or into a united body.
• collaredHaving a collar (or other encircling demarcation).
• stringedHaving strings
• smirkAn uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied, conceited or scornful.
• repleteAbounding, amply provided.
• bristleA stiff or coarse hair on a nonhuman mammal or on a plant.
• obligeTo constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.
• vibrateTo shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.
• crampA painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled; (sometimes) a similar pain even without noticeable contraction.
• SeafordA suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
• mistletoeAny of numerous hemiparasitic evergreen plants of the order Santalales with white berries that grow in the crowns of apple trees, oaks, and other trees, such as the European mistletoe (Viscum album) and American mistletoe or eastern mistletoe (Phoradendron leucarpum).
• naamThe taking of property for the purpose of compensation.
• hallowedConsecrated or sanctified; sacred, holy.
• appeaseTo make quiet; to calm; to reduce (something) to a state of peace; to dispel (anger, hatred, etc.).
• furlongA unit of distance equal to one-eighth of a mile (220 yards, or 201.168 metres), now mainly used in measuring distances in farmland and horse racing.
• lawmakerOne who makes or enacts laws.
• standishA stand to hold ink, pens, and other writing accessories; an inkstand.
• inexplicableImpossible to explain; not easily accounted for.
• expeditiousFast, prompt, speedy.
• speerto ask, to inquire
• hoaryWhite, whitish, or greyish-white.
• corseA (living) body.
• swotTo study with effort or determination.
• tirednessThe state of being tired.
• wholenessThe quality of being whole.
• hindranceSomething which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
• birrStrength, vigor, energy.
• restfulpeaceful; having a peaceful aspect
• underlayTo lay (something) underneath something else; to put under.
• purportTo convey, imply, or profess (often falsely or inaccurately).
• shamblesA scene of great disorder or ruin.
• martenAny carnivorous mammal of the genus Martes.
• stinkingHaving a pungent smell.
• amblerA slow-moving, comfortable horse or mule.
• burghA small mound, often used in reference to tumuli (mostly restricted to place names).
• allotTo distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.
• progenitorA forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.
• abominationAn abominable act; a disgusting vice; a despicable habit.
• moteA small particle; a speck.
• argumentationInference based on reasoning from given propositions.
• vestaA short match, made of wood or wax.
• woldAn unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a moor.
• splintA narrow strip of wood split or peeled from a larger piece.
• yeoA surname.
• unspeakableIncapable of being spoken or uttered.
• dandruffscaly white dead skin flakes from the human scalp; Pityriasis capitis
• leavedHaving a leaf, leaves or folds.
• idemThe same.
• harkTo listen attentively.
• crowningSupreme; of a surpassing quality or quantity.
• blunderA clumsy or embarrassing mistake.
• felonOf a person or animal, their actions, thoughts, etc.: brutal, cruel, harsh, heartless; also, evil, wicked.
• thudThe sound of a dull impact.
• perkPerquisite.
• spasmA sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ.
• cobblerA person who repairs, and sometimes makes, shoes.
• heinousTotally reprehensible.
• incessantWithout pause or stop; not ending, especially to the point of annoyance.
• reederOne who thatches with reeds.
• cheeryIn a good mood, happy, cheerful.
• muttonThe meat of sheep used as food; especially, that of adults.
• congruentCorresponding in character; congruous.
• battenTo cause (an animal, etc.) to become fat or thrive through plenteous feeding; to fatten.
• loughA lake or long, narrow inlet, especially in Ireland.
• benefactorSomebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.
• merrilyIn a cheerful or merry way.
• vouchTo call on (someone) to be a witness to something.
• PompeyGnaeus Pompeius Magnus, a military and political leader of the late Roman Republic.
• blacknessThe state or quality of being black in colour.
• wetherA castrated goat.
• fabricateTo form into a whole by uniting its parts; to construct; to build.
• pendragonAlso capitalized as Pendragon: a title assumed by the ancient British chiefs when called to lead other chiefs: chief war leader, chieftain, dictator, despot or king.
• JarrowA town in the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, north-east England, located on the River Tyne (OS grid ref NZ3265).
• gobA lump of soft or sticky material.