Word origins

• transpireTo give off (vapour, waste matter etc.); to exhale (an odour etc.).
• clavicleThe collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.
• convalescenceA gradual healing after illness or injury.
• lodgmentAn area used for lodging; a place in which a person or thing is or can be lodged.
• incorruptibleIncapable of being bribed or morally corrupted; inflexibly just and upright.
• piquantCausing hurt feelings; scathing, severe.
• replicablePossible to replicate or reproduce; reproducible.
• satiricOf or pertaining to satire.
• perduStationed in an exposed or hazardous position; hidden in ambush. Originally as sentinel perdu.
• wigeonAny of three freshwater dabbling ducks.
• satietyThe state of being satiated.
• rhombA rhombus.
• acrosticA poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message.
• carrelA partitioned space for reading or studying, often in a library.
• elegiacOf or relating to an elegy.
• MerovingianOf or relating to the Merovings, the members of a Salian Frankish dynasty, descended from Merovech, that came to rule the Franks in a region (known as Francia in Latin) largely corresponding to ancient Gaul from the middle of the 5th century, and whose politics involved frequent civil warfare among branches of the family.
• abolishmentThe act of abolishing; abolition; destruction.
• deportmentBearing; manner of presenting oneself.
• sapperA combat engineer; an engineer or a soldier engaged in attacking, destroying, and circumventing or building fortifications, bridges, and roads; a military engineer active in a combat zone.
• incongruityThe state of being incongruous, or lacking congruence.
• mahoneA large Turkish warship.
• decalogueAny set of rules that have the weight of authority
• acrimonyA sharp and bitter hatred.
• indolenceHabitual laziness or sloth.
• contusionSynonym of bruise.
• fiscThe public treasury of Rome.
• ramificationA branching-out, the act or result of developing branches; specifically the divergence of the stem and limbs of a plant into smaller ones, or of similar developments in blood vessels, anatomical structures etc.
• somnolenceA state of drowsiness or sleepiness.
• inconsiderableToo unimportant to be worthy of attention.
• codicilAn addition or supplement that explains, modifies, or revokes a will or part of one.
• fictiveHaving the characteristics of fiction: fictional.
• sorbThe service tree, Sorbus domestica.
• purulentConsisting of pus.
• bibliothequeA collection of books or treatises.
• chamferAn obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
• doteTo be weakly or foolishly fond of somebody.
• verbalizeTo speak or to use words to express.
• entrapTo catch in a trap or snare.
• nacreA shellfish which contains mother-of-pearl.
• palliationThe alleviation of a disease's symptoms without a cure; temporary relief.
• umbrageA feeling of anger or annoyance caused by something offensive.
• portmanteauA large travelling case usually made of leather, and opening into two equal sections.
• insinuationThe act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in.
• resinousOf or relating to resin.
• cynosureThat which serves to guide or direct; a guiding star.
• couranteAny of a family of old French dances from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era in triple metre.
• reliquaryA container to hold or display religious relics.
• novitiateA novice.
• prejudgeTo form a judgment of (something) in advance.
• olfactionThe sense of smell; the detection of airborne molecules.
• fiefLand held of a superior, particularly on condition of homage, fealty, and personal service, especially military service.
• precognitionKnowledge of the future; understanding of something in advance, especially as a form of supernatural or extrasensory perception.
• macrocosmA complex structure, such as a society, considered as a single entity that contains numerous similar, smaller-scale structures.
• straintStrain (tension of overexertion).
• parolWord of mouth.
• nauticSynonym of nautical.
• immutabilityThe state or quality of being immutable; immutableness.
• impugnTo assault, attack.
• antechamberA small room used as an entryway or reception area to a larger room.
• monseigneurAn honorific form of address for an eminent person in France, especially under the Ancien Régime.
• philomelThe nightingale.
• balusterA short column used in a group to support a rail, as commonly found on the side of a stairway or around a balcony.
• capelinA fish of species Mallotus villosus, a type of smelt found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
• brocketA stag in its second year, before its horns have started branching.
• impertinenceLack of pertinence; irrelevance.
• petardA small, hat-shaped explosive device, used to breach a door or wall.
• fratricideThe killing of one's brother (or sister).
• ducatA gold coin minted by various European nations.
• risibleOf or pertaining to laughter.
• mendaciousLying, untruthful or dishonest.
• navicularShaped like a boat.
• seigniorageAll the revenue obtained by a feudal lord from his vassals.
• impostA tax, tariff or duty that is imposed, especially on merchandise.
• festalfestive, relating to a festival or feast
• domesticateTo make domestic.
• perspireTo emit (sweat or perspiration) through the skin's pores.
• burseA purse.
• abscondTo flee, often secretly; to steal away.
• cochinealA scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus, native to the tropical and subtropical Americas, which lives on prickly pear cacti (genus Opuntia).
• pasturageA pasture; land that is used for pasture.
• incommensurablehaving a ratio that is not expressible as a fraction of two integers.
• braggartSomeone who constantly brags or boasts.
• accostTo approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.
• vacanceA vacation.
• impalementThe act of torturing or executing someone by impaling them on a sharp stake.
• caravanseraiA roadside inn, usually having a central courtyard where caravans (see sense 3) can rest, providing accommodation for travellers along trade routes in Asia and North Africa.
• alexandrineA line of poetic meter having twelve syllables, usually divided into two or three equal parts.
• debauchAn individual act of debauchery.
• dormitionThe process of falling asleep.
• vertiginousHaving an aspect of great depth, drawing the eye to look downwards.
• corbieA raven or crow (typically Corvus corax).
• gracileLean, slender, thin.
• entrainTo draw (something) along as a current does.
• spargeTo sprinkle or spray.
• substractionSubtraction.
• cauterizeTo burn and hence seal open tissue using a heated article or caustic agent so as to stop bleeding or minimise the risk of infection.
• ineluctableImpossible to avoid or escape; inescapable, irresistible.
• tragicomedyThe genre of drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy.
• complotA plot (involving more than one person), conspiracy
• comportmentThe manner in which one behaves or conducts oneself.