Word origins

• celebrateTo extol or honour in a solemn manner.
• benchA long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.
• riderA knight, or other mounted warrior.
• therapeuticOf, or relating to therapy.
• sheepA woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis.
• accordinglyAgreeably; correspondingly; suitably.
• challengingDifficult, hard to do.
• nurseryEspecially in European countries: a room or area in a household set apart for the care of children.
• ashThe solid remains of a fire.
• saladA food consisting principally of raw vegetables (especially greens, e.g. lettuce), other savoury ingredients (typically cooked), fruit, or confectionary; often involving two or more such ingredients mixed together, with larger items cut or torn into small pieces, and usually with a dressing or binding; usually served cold or at room temperature, as a dish or savoury sandwich filling.
• tenderSensitive or painful to the touch.
• foamA substance composed of a large collection of bubbles or their solidified remains, especially
• pasteOne of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry.
• discretionThe quality of being discreet.
• preserveA sweetened spreadable jam or jelly made of any of a variety of fruits, such as strawberry, peach, or apple.
• easterA Christian feast commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is celebrated on the first Sunday (and Monday) following the full moon that occurs on or next after the vernal equinox, ranging in most of Western Christianity (such as Protestantism and Roman Catholicism) from March 22 to April 25, and in Eastern Christianity (such as the Coptic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church) from April 4 to May 8.
• repositoryA location for storage, often for safety or preservation.
• praiseCommendation; favourable representation in words.
• VeniceA port city and comune, the capital of the Metropolitan City of Venice and the region of Veneto, Italy; former capital of an independent republic.
• christianityAn Abrahamic religion originating from the community of the followers of Jesus Christ.
• relaxTo make something loose.
• hardlyBarely, only just, almost not.
• beanAny plant of several genera of the taxonomic family Fabaceae that produces large edible seeds or edible seedpods.
• absentBeing away from a place; withdrawn from a place; existing but not present; (sometimes) missing.
• floatTo be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object).
• acquireTo get.
• contraryOpposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.
• tribuneAn elected official in Ancient Rome, a tribune of the plebs.
• vesselAny craft designed for transportation on or in water, such as a ship, boat, or submarine.
• admitTo allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration.
• fancyThe imagination.
• leasingA lie; the act of lying, falsehood.
• scrollA roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll.
• swimTo move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
• sufferTo undergo hardship.
• fellowshipA company of people that share the same interest or aim.
• martialOf, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike.
• retainOften followed by from: to hold back (someone or something); to check, to prevent, to restrain, to stop.
• tunnelAn underground or underwater passage.
• wheatAny of the several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.
• confusedunable to think clearly or understand
• compilerOne who compiles.
• beeA flying insect, of the clade Anthophila within the hymenopteran superfamily Apoidea, known for its organised societies (though only a minority have them), for collecting pollen and (in some species) producing wax and honey.
• unityOneness: the state or fact of being one undivided entity.
• loudOf great intensity.
• brideA woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married.
• anchorA tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
• terribleCausing terror, alarm or fear; dreadful
• baptistAn adherent of a Protestant denomination (or various subdenominations) of Christianity, which believes in the baptism of believers (sometimes only adults), as opposed to the baptism of infants.
• neverthelessIn spite of what preceded; yet.
• taxationThe act of imposing taxes and the fact of being taxed.
• surelyWithout fail.
• theeObjective and reflexive case of thou.
• ruthSorrow for the misery of another person; compassion, mercy, pity.
• prayTo direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.
• popeAn honorary title of the Roman Catholic bishop of Rome as father and head of his church, a sovereign of the Vatican city state.
• reasonablyIn accordance with reason.
• bareMinimal; that is or are just sufficient.
• radicalOf or pertaining to the root of a plant.
• roverOne who roves: a person or animal that travels around, especially over a wide area, without a fixed destination; a nomad, a roamer, a wanderer.
• treasureA collection of valuable things; accumulated wealth; a stock of money, jewels, etc.
• flameThe visible part of fire; a stream of burning vapour or gas, emitting light and heat.
• pitA hole in the ground.
• tileA regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile, etc.
• spellWords or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
• exclusivelyTo the exclusion of anything or anyone else; solely or entirely.
• compileTo make by gathering pieces from various sources.
• websterA weaver (originally, specifically female).
• bridalA wedding feast or festival; a wedding.
• annexAn addition, an extension.
• inspirationThe drawing of air into the lungs, accomplished in mammals by elevation of the chest walls and flattening of the diaphragm, as part of the act of breathing.
• curiousTending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.
• freightThe transportation of goods (originally by water; now also (chiefly US) by land); also, the hiring of a vehicle or vessel for such transportation.
• eclipseAn alignment of astronomical objects whereby one object comes between the observer (or notional observer) and another object, thus obscuring the latter.
• shuttleA tool used to carry the woof back and forth between the warp threads on a loom.
• aggregateA mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
• stunningHaving an effect that stuns.
• activelyIn an active manner.
• kneeIn humans, the joint or the region of the joint in the middle part of the leg between the thigh and the shank.
• butlerA manservant having charge of wines and liquors.
• courierA person who delivers messages.
• unlikelyNot likely; improbable; not to be reasonably expected.
• beverageA liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or a soft drink, often excluding water.
• forestryThe science of planting and growing trees in forests.
• barrierA structure that bars passage.
• argueTo show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.
• ariseTo come up from a lower to a higher position.
• therebyBy it; by that; by that means, or as a consequence of that.
• perceptionThe organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information.
• adviseTo give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed.
• humidityDampness, especially that of the air.
• ordinanceA local law, passed by e.g. a city.
• chessA board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the opposing king.
• duckTo quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
• revealThe outer side of a window or door frame.
• diveTo swim under water.
• circulationThe act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.
• offenseA crime or sin.
• assumptionThe act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
• hobbyAn activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.