Word origins

• agrarianOf, or relating to, the ownership, tenure and cultivation of land.
• garbFashion, style of dressing oneself up.
• apogeeThe point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is farthest from the Earth: the apoapsis of an Earth orbiter.
• dismantleTo take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.
• recitationThe act of publicly reciting something previously memorized.
• desistTo cease to proceed or act; to stop (often with from).
• tacitImplied, but not made explicit, especially through silence.
• epilogueA short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play
• impossibilitySomething that is impossible.
• disperseTo scatter in different directions.
• luteA fretted stringed instrument, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.
• rosetteAn element or ornament resembling a rose, especially on a wall or other surface, mostly for decorative purposes.
• confineTo have a common boundary with; to border on.
• grotesqueDistorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal, especially in a hideous way.
• foyFaith, allegiance.
• marmaladeA kind of jam made with citrus fruit, distinguished by being made slightly bitter by the addition of the peel and by partial caramelisation during manufacture. Most commonly made with Seville oranges, and usually qualified by the name of the fruit when made with other types of fruit.
• adorationAn act of religious worship.
• compulsionAn irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some action, often despite negative consequences.
• detractTo take away; to withdraw or remove.
• monologueA long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.
• legerLight; slender, slim; trivial.
• pontoonA flat-bottomed boat or other floating structure used as a buoyant support for a temporary bridge, dock or landing stage.
• veritableTrue; genuine.
• moustacheA growth of facial hair between the nose and the upper lip.
• impulsiveHaving the power of driving or impelling; giving an impulse; moving; impellent.
• veerTo let out (a sail-line), to allow (a sheet) to run out.
• martingaleA piece of harness used on a horse to keep it from raising its head above a desired point.
• hematiteAn iron ore, mainly peroxide of iron, Fe₂O₃: iron(III) oxide.
• chardAn edible leafy vegetable, Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla, with a slightly bitter taste.
• ineptNot able to do something; not proficient; displaying incompetence.
• cadeabandoned by its mother and reared by hand
• palpableCapable of being touched, felt or handled; touchable, tangible.
• politicOf or relating to polity, or civil government; political.
• aristocracyThe nobility, or the hereditary ruling class.
• inflexibleNot flexible; not capable of bending or being bent.
• exterminationThe act of exterminating; total destruction or eradication.
• violA stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the legs like a cello, usually with C-holes, a flat back, a fretted neck and six strings, played with an underhanded bow hold.
• gazelleAn antelope of either of the genera Gazella (mostly native to Africa), Procapra (native to Asia), Eudorcas, or Nanger, capable of running at high speeds for long periods.
• minionA loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.
• repulsiveTending to rouse aversion or to repulse; disgusting.
• amputationsurgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.
• lackeyA footman, a liveried male servant.
• hospitablecordial and generous towards guests
• coronetA small crown, such as is worn by a noble.
• prodigalWastefully extravagant.
• adageAn old saying which has obtained credit by long use.
• budgeTo move; to be shifted from a fixed position.
• curativePossessing the ability to cure, to heal or treat illness.
• veracityThe quality of speaking or stating the truth; truthfulness.
• voluptuousCharacterized or marked by full, generous, pleasurable sensation.
• impureContaining undesired intermixtures
• dissonanceA harsh, discordant combination of sounds.
• preoccupationThe state of being preoccupied or an idea that preoccupies the mind; enthrallment.
• artificeCrafty deception.
• servitudeThe state of being a slave; slavery; being forced to work for others or do their bidding without one's consent or against one's will, either in perpetuity or for a period of time over which one has little or no control.
• capriciousImpulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim.
• perspirationThe action or process of perspiring.
• decomposeTo separate or break down (something) into its components.
• dogmaticAdhering only to principles which are true a priori, rather than truths based on evidence or deduction.
• preeminentExceeding others in quality or rank; of outstanding excellence, extremely notable or important.
• mistralA strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean.
• cursiveRunning; flowing.
• anagramA word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.
• rectoryThe residence of Roman Catholic priest(s) associated with a parish church.
• fragilityThe condition or quality of being fragile; brittleness; frangibility.
• gratuityAn additional payment given freely as thanks for service.
• chamoisA short-horned goat antelope native to mountainous terrain in southern Europe; Rupicapra rupicapra.
• clefA symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff
• pretenseThe action of pretending; false or simulated show or appearance; false or hypocritical assertion or representation.
• sorbetFrozen fruit juice, sometimes mixed with egg whites, eaten as dessert or between courses of a meal.
• orioleAny of various colourful passerine birds, New World orioles of the genus Icterus (family Icteridae) and Old World orioles of the family Oriolidae.
• urinalA device or fixture used for urination, particularly
• cursoryHasty or superficial.
• hymenA membrane which completely or partially occludes the vaginal opening in human females.
• effusionA liquid outpouring.
• pendTo hang down; to cause something to hang down
• intercessionThe act of intervening or mediating between two parties.
• fortificationThe act of fortifying; the art or science of fortifying places to strengthen defence against an enemy.
• titularOf, relating to, being, derived from, or having a title.
• irregularityAn instance of being irregular.
• hereticalOf or pertaining to heresy or heretics.
• esperanceExpectation, hope.
• illusoryResulting from an illusion; deceptive, imaginary, unreal.
• quintAn interval of one fifth.
• colletA band, flange, ferrule, or collar, designed to grip and hold a tool or a workpiece under proper control, and usually to release it under control thereafter; such a collet usually is made of a hard, springy material, especially a metal.
• termineTo settle, determine.
• viceroyOne who governs a country, province, or colony as the representative of a monarch.
• rapierA slender, straight, sharply pointed sword (double-edged, single-edged or edgeless), designed predominantly for thrusting; used during the Renaissance period of Europe for civilian duelling
• discursiveTending to digress from the main point.
• elegyA mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.
• inflectionThe linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby words take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
• repulsionThe act of repelling or the condition of being repelled.
• umberA brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides.
• finalityThe state of being final; the condition from which no further changes occur.
• palisadeA long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened.
• utileUseful.
• rampartA defensive mound of earth or a wall with a broad top and usually a stone parapet; a wall-like ridge of earth, stones or debris; an embankment for defensive purpose.
• moietyA half.
• JudaicPertaining to the Jews, their culture or their religion.
• turbanA man's headdress made by winding a length of cloth round the head.