Word origins

• chandleryThe art or trade of candlemaking.
• tauntTo make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner.
• reverieA state of dreaming while awake; a loose or irregular train of thought; musing or meditation; daydream.
• lenientLax; not strict; tolerant of dissent or deviation.
• malachiteA bright green mineral, a basic copper carbonate, Cu₂CO₃(OH)₂; one of the principal ores of copper.
• possessiveOf or pertaining to ownership or possession.
• pubescentAt or just after the age of puberty.
• infertileNot fertile.
• profusionabundance; the state of being profuse; a cornucopia
• attestationA thing that serves to bear witness, confirm, or authenticate; validation, verification, documentation.
• malleableAble to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.
• unanimityThe condition of agreement by all parties, the state of being unanimous.
• friezeA kind of coarse woollen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.
• dormerA room-like, roofed projection from a sloping roof.
• divestTo strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
• conscriptionInvoluntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority.
• indivisibleIncapable of being divided; atomic.
• PoitiersA city, the capital of Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, France.
• parakeetAny of various species of small parrot primarily of tropical regions.
• timidityThe state of being timid; shyness.
• pentacleA flat talisman, almost always star-shaped, made of parchment, sheet metal, or other substance, marked with a magic symbol or symbols, used in magical evocation.
• verdantGreen in colour.
• galleonA large, three-masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks.
• culpabilityThe degree of one's blameworthiness in the commission of a crime or offence.
• condolenceComfort, support or sympathy.
• nutritiveOf or pertaining to nutrition.
• dissuadeTo convince not to try or do.
• corniceA horizontal architectural element of a building, projecting forward from the main walls, originally used as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls.
• musketA kind of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army, originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted; ultimately superseded by the rifle.
• reductivePertaining to the reduction of a decree etc.; rescissory.
• epithetA term used to characterize a person or thing.
• contraveneTo act contrary to an order; to fail to conform to a regulation or obligation.
• tolerationEndurance of evil, suffering etc.
• disinfectTo sterilize by the use of cleaning agent.
• exclaimTo cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.
• meagreAn edible fish, of species Argyrosomus regius, of the family Sciaenidae, found from the Black Sea to the eastern Atlantic.
• indistinctnot clearly defined or not having a sharp outline; faint or dim
• volantHaving extended wings as if flying.
• monopoleAn appellation owned by a single winery.
• urbaneOf a person (usually a man): having refined manners; courteous, polite, suave.
• detestTo dislike (someone or something) intensely; to loathe.
• disengageA circular movement of the blade that avoids the opponent's parry.
• presentableIn good enough shape to be shown or offered to other people; tidy; attractive.
• insolenceContemptible, ill-mannered conduct; insulting: arrogant, bold behaviour or attitude.
• inexcusablenot excusable
• dispositiveIntending to, resulting in, or capable of disposition (disposing, disposing of, or settling a matter).
• venerationThe act of venerating or the state of being venerated.
• perronA stone block used as the base of a monument, marker, etc.
• falsitySomething that is false; an untrue assertion.
• elapseTo pass or move by.
• conjugalOf or relating to marriage, or the relationship of spouses; connubial.
• parapetA low protective wall.
• inexorableImpossible to prevent or stop; inevitable.
• prosodyThe study of rhythm, intonation, stress, and related attributes in speech.
• brigantinea two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail with a square-rig above it on the mainmast.
• inhumanityThe lack of compassion.
• raspA coarse file or filelike tool, on which the cutting prominences are distinct points raised by the oblique stroke of a sharp punch, instead of lines raised by a chisel, as on the true file.
• evocationThe act of calling out or forth, or evoking.
• scrupulousExactly and carefully conducted.
• personageA person, especially one who is famous or important.
• particularityA particular thing.
• retrenchmentA curtailment or reduction.
• toqueA type of hat with no brim.
• equidistantOccupying a position midway between two ends or sides.
• probityIntegrity, especially of the quality of having strong moral principles; decency and honesty.
• determinativeAn ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts.
• solidityThe state or quality of being solid.
• exultTo rejoice; to be very happy, especially in triumph; to triumph (over).
• scrupulouslyIn a careful manner, with scruple; done with careful attention to detail.
• rationalistA person who follows the philosophy of rationalism.
• apportionTo divide and distribute portions of a whole.
• patrimonyA right or estate inherited from one's father; or, in a larger sense, from any male ancestor.
• capitulationA reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.
• caddisThe larva of a caddis fly. They generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with debris.
• prowThe front part of a vessel.
• prosaicPertaining to or having the characteristics of prose.
• gabelAny rent, charge, tribute, custom, tax, duty, excise etc.
• deprecationThe act of deprecating.
• intimationA hint; an indirect suggestion.
• endiveA leafy salad vegetable, Cichorium endivia, which is often confused with common chicory (Cichorium intybus).
• cephalicOf or relating to the head.
• intercedeTo plead on someone else's behalf.
• copulationThe act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.
• Hellenthe mythological patriarch of the Hellenes, the son of Deucalion (or sometimes Zeus) and Pyrrha, brother of Amphictyon and father of Aeolus, Xuthus, and Dorus
• cessionThat which is ceded.
• plicationAn act of folding.
• malcontentDissatisfied with current conditions; disaffected, discontented, rebellious.
• peanA heraldic fur of gold spots on a black field.
• dissonantExhibiting dissonance; not agreeing; not harmonizing or melodizing.
• invincibilityThe quality or state of being invincible; invincibleness.
• presupposeTo assume some truth without proof, usually for the purpose of reaching a conclusion based on that truth.
• postilionA rider mounted on the near (left) leading horse who guides the team pulling a carriage.
• perversityThe quality of being perverse.
• presuppositionAn assumption made beforehand; a preliminary conjecture or speculation.
• deploreTo bewail; to weep bitterly over; to feel sorrow for.
• immobilityThe quality of not moving.
• pacifyTo bring peace to (a place or situation), by ending (or suppressing) war, fighting, violence, anger or agitation.
• invulnerableIncapable of being injured; not vulnerable.
• deputationThe act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency.
• marquetryA decorative technique in which veneers of wood, ivory, metal etc. are inlaid into a wooden surface to form intricate designs.