Word origins

• bodeOf a thing: to be an indication, omen, or sign of (something); to portend.
• rightfulBy right; by law.
• utteranceAn act of, or the process of, uttering.
• candlelightThe light emitted by a candle.
• antlerA deciduous branching and bony structure on the head of deer (Cervidae), normally in pairs, grown and shed each year.
• babbleTo utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds
• quidThe inherent nature of something.
• overboardOutside of a boat; in the water.
• faithlessLacking faith; lacking belief in something.
• disallowTo refuse to allow.
• excellencyA form of address for certain high officials or dignitaries.
• slayTo kill; to murder.
• depriveUsed with “of”, to take something away from (someone) and keep it away; to deny someone something.
• lustyExhibiting lust (in the obsolete sense meaning "vigor"); strong, healthy, robust; vigorous; full of sap or vitality.
• dauphinThe eldest son of the king of France. Under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, the Dauphin of France, generally shortened to Dauphin, was heir apparent to the throne of France. The title derived from the main title of the Dauphin, Dauphin of Viennois.
• steedA stallion, especially one used for riding.
• vermilionA vivid red synthetic pigment made of mercury sulfide, cinnabar.
• disjointNot smooth or continuous; disjointed.
• endlesslyIn an endless manner; continuously without limit.
• hastyActing or done in haste; hurried or too quick; speedy due to having little time.
• scrapeTo draw (an object, especially a sharp or angular one), along (something) while exerting pressure.
• traitorSomeone who violates an allegiance and betrays their country; someone guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers their country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place entrusted to their defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished.
• cloveA very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.
• illiterateUnable to read and write.
• malletA type of hammer with a larger-than-usual head made of wood, rubber or similar non-iron material, used by woodworkers for driving a tool, such as a chisel. A kind of maul.
• leechA typically aquatic blood-sucking annelid of the subclass Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
• giverOne who gives; a donor or contributor.
• equateTo consider or assert as equal or equivalent (to or with).
• parrYoung salmon, at a stage between fry and smolt when they feed chiefly on invertebrates but cannot tolerate saltwater.
• nymphAny female nature spirit associated with water, forests, grottos, wind, etc.
• frailEasily broken physically; not firm or durable; liable to fail and perish.
• curfewAny regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time.
• breeThe eyelid.
• profaneUnclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.
• robberA person who robs.
• rovingMoving about; having no fixed or permanent abode; travelling from place to place.
• drinkerSomeone who drinks alcoholic beverages on a regular basis.
• lingerTo stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so.
• filletA headband; a ribbon or other band used to tie the hair up, or keep a headdress in place, or for decoration.
• churnTo agitate rapidly and repetitively, or to stir with a rowing or rocking motion; generally applies to liquids, notably cream.
• impartTo give or bestow (e.g. a quality or property).
• scaffoldA structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a building.
• scavengerSomeone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things.
• hangmanAn executioner responsible for hanging criminals.
• permutationOne of the ways something exists, or the ways a set of objects can be ordered.
• yawnTo open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.
• munMust.
• carfaxA junction of four roads.
• JulianaA female given name from Latin, Latin feminine form of Julianus, derivative of Julius.
• snapeTo bevel the end of a timber to fit against an inclined surface.
• spakeQuiet; tame.
• unheardNot heard.
• pruneA plum.
• thinlyIn a thin, loose, or scattered manner; scantily; not thickly.
• GalenA physician.
• arableOf land, able to be plowed or tilled, capable of growing crops (traditionally contrasted with pasturable lands such as heaths).
• mowingThe activity by which something is mown.
• severTo cut free.
• gistThe main idea or substance, or the most essential part, of a longer or more complicated matter; the crux, the heart, the pith.
• hummingMaking a hum sound.
• disclaimTo completely renounce claims to; to deny ownership of or responsibility for
• resuscitationThe act of resuscitating.
• flingAn act of throwing, often violently.
• rainwaterRainfall.
• porcupineAny of several rodents of either of the taxonomic families Hystricidae (Old World porcupines) or Erethizontidae (New World porcupines), both from the infraorder Hystricognathi, noted for their sharp spines or quills, which are raised when the animal is attacked or surprised.
• ligamentA band of strong tissue that connects bones to other bones.
• wanderersomeone connected with any number of soccer clubs known as the Wanderers.
• seacoastThe coastal land bordering a sea or ocean.
• lewesA surname.
• chanceryIn England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; but under the jurisdiction act of 1873 it became the chancery division of the High Court of Justice, and now exercises jurisdiction only in equity
• executorA person who carries out some task.
• drierA surname from German.
• cubicleA small separate part or one of the compartments of a room, especially in a work environment.
• augerA carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.
• rifeWidespread, common, prevalent, current (mainly of unpleasant or harmful things).
• verityTruth, fact or reality, especially an enduring religious or ethical truth; veracity.
• coventConvent.
• turretA little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.
• WessexOne of the seven major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, existing between the 6th and 9th centuries, and comprising most of England south of the Thames.
• sootheTo restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
• heathenNot adhering to an Abrahamic religion; pagan.
• domicileA home or residence.
• peregrineWandering, travelling, migratory.
• crumbA small piece which breaks off from baked food (such as cake, biscuit or bread).
• mendTo physically repair (something that is broken, defaced, decayed, torn, or otherwise damaged).
• softeningThe process of making something soft.
• rebelliousShowing rebellion.
• grateA horizontal metal grill through which liquid, ash, or small objects can fall, while larger objects cannot.
• ratifyTo give formal consent to; make officially valid, to sign off on.
• mewA gull, seagull.
• fiendA devil or demon; a malignant or diabolical being; an evil spirit.
• draperyCloth draped gracefully in folds.
• schoolhouseA building housing a school, especially a small or single-room one.
• slanderA false or unsupported, malicious statement (spoken, not written), especially one which is injurious to a person's reputation; the making of such a statement.
• suffrageThe right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision, especially in a democratic election.
• sleeplessCharacterized by an absence of sleep: wakeful.
• ternAny of various seabirds of the subfamily Sterninae (of the family Laridae) that are similar to gulls but are smaller and have a forked tail.
• wateredSupplied with water.
• lassA girl; also (by extension), a young woman.
• reciteTo repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.