Word origins

• AlexandrianOf or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt.
• lannerThe lanner falcon, Falco biarmicus.
• perfidyA state or act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust.
• immensityThe characteristic or state of being immense.
• rondeauA fixed form of verse based on two rhyme sounds and consisting usually of 13 lines in three stanzas with the opening words of the first line of the first stanza used as an independent refrain after the second and third stanzas.
• sociabilityThe skill, tendency or property of being sociable or social, of interacting well with others.
• eruditionProfound knowledge acquired from learning and scholarship.
• inviolableNot violable; not to be infringed.
• investitureThe act of investing, as with possession or power; formal bestowal or presentation of a possessory or prescriptive right.
• ruffianA scoundrel, rascal, or unprincipled, deceitful, brutal and unreliable person.
• archdukeThe son or male-line grandson of an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
• seditiousOf, related to, or being involved in sedition.
• virileManly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits to an exaggerated degree such as strength, forcefulness or vigor.
• partageA part, portion or share.
• skinkA shin of beef.
• inestimableNot able to be estimated; not able to be calculated, computed or comprehended, as because of great scale, degree or magnitude.
• terrifyTo frighten greatly; to fill with terror.
• inflammableCapable of burning.
• redoubleTo double, especially to double again; to increase considerably; to multiply; to intensify.
• obliquityThe quality of being oblique in direction, deviating from the horizontal or vertical; or the angle created by such a deviation.
• impermanenceLack of permanence or continued duration.
• certitudeSureness, certainty.
• inaccessibilityThe quality or state of being inaccessible; inaccessibleness.
• instillationThe act of instilling.
• charlatanA mountebank, someone who addresses crowds in the street; (especially), an itinerant seller of medicines or drugs.
• perfumerA person who makes or sells perfume.
• malevolenceHostile attitude or feeling.
• ocheA line behind which a player's front foot must be placed when throwing a dart.
• intemperanceLack of moderation or temperance; excess.
• caravelA light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish for about 300 years from the 15th century, first for trade and later for voyages of exploration.
• imperishableNot perishable; not subject to decay; enduring permanently.
• epigramAn inscription in stone.
• paillardA slice of meat pounded thin and grilled.
• illiberalRestricting or failing to sufficiently promote individual choice and freedom.
• subventionA subsidy; provision of financial or other support.
• exigencyThe demands or requirements of a situation which often demand immediate action.
• inelegantNot elegant; not exhibiting neatness, refinement, or precision.
• quintuplehaving five parts or members
• bludgeonA short, heavy club, often of wood, which is thicker or loaded at one end.
• pitiableThat deserves, evokes or can be given pity; pitiful.
• pastoraleA play or a musical product which has a pastoral subject.
• benzoinA resinous substance, dry and brittle, obtained from Styrax benzoin, a tree of Sumatra, Java, etc., having a fragrant odor, and slightly aromatic taste. It is used in the preparation of benzoic acid, in medicine, and as a perfume.
• impudenceThe quality of being impudent, not showing due respect.
• equipageEquipment or supplies, especially military ones.
• circletA small circle.
• magnanimityThe quality of being magnanimous; kindness of nature; generosity.
• subalternOf a lower rank or position; inferior or secondary; especially (military) ranking as a junior officer, below the rank of captain.
• funerealOf or relating to a funeral.
• depredationAn act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock), especially as plunder.
• impermanentnot permanent; unperpetual.
• expiationAn act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing.
• nideA nest of pheasants.
• remonstranceA remonstration; disapproval; a formal, usually written, objection or protest.
• verisimilitudeThe property of seeming true, of resembling reality; resemblance to reality.
• discordanceA state of being discordant; disagreement, inconsistency.
• bandolierAn ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
• monarchicalOf or pertaining to a monarch or monarchy.
• beatificationThe act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; especially, in the Roman Catholic Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, — usually a stage in the process of canonization.
• inviolabilityThe quality or state of being inviolable; inviolableness.
• interposeTo insert something (or oneself) between other things.
• preoccupyTo distract; to draw attention elsewhere.
• repartitionA distribution or apportioning of something again.
• contortionThe act or result of contorting; the state of being contorted: the twisting of something, especially oneself.
• recommenceTo begin again.
• stolidHaving or revealing little emotion or sensibility.
• fecundHighly fertile; able to produce offspring.
• repercussionA consequence or ensuing result of some action.
• inextricableImpossible to untie or disentangle.
• amortAs if dead; depressed
• inconsolableNot consolable; unable to be consoled or comforted, usually due to grief, disappointment, or other distress.
• explicableAble to be explained.
• crepusculeTwilight.
• rapacityThe quality of being rapacious; voracity.
• assortTo sort or arrange according to characteristic or class.
• disunionSeparation (disintegration) of a union; lack of union where union would be desirable.
• justiciableOf or pertaining to justiciability; able to be evaluated and resolved by the courts; that can be adjudicated.
• gambThe leg or shank, typically of an animal, especially of a lion, on a coat of arms, crest, etc.
• oracularOf or relating to an oracle.
• serailA seraglio.
• disgorgeTo vomit or spew, to discharge.
• portanceThe manner in which one carries oneself; behaviour.
• MaecenasA generous benefactor; specifically, a patron of literature or art.
• insupportableThat cannot be tolerated or endured.
• pentameterA line in a poem having five metrical feet.
• tendrilA thin, spirally coiling stem that attaches a plant to its support.
• palpitationAn abnormal beating of the heart that may be perceived by the patient, a result of excitement, exertion, or illness.
• halberdA two-handed pole weapon, consisting of a long pole with an axe-like blade mounted on it (at a right angle like an axe, not on the tip like a spear), and (opposite the blade) typically a spike or hook.
• naturalizeTo grant citizenship to someone not born a citizen.
• incivilityThe state of being uncivil; lack of courtesy; rudeness in manner.
• gambolTo move about playfully; to frolic.
• confraternityA group with a common interest.
• inadvertenceThe state or quality of being inadvertent; inadvertency; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence.
• roilTo render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of.
• effaceTo erase (as anything impressed or inscribed upon a surface); to render illegible or indiscernible.
• indissolubleLasting; indestructible; not possible to dissolve, disintegrate or break up.
• protoplastCreated first; archetypal.
• imprudenceThe quality or state of being imprudent; lack of prudence, caution, discretion or circumspection.
• impostureThe act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition.
• indivisibilityThe state of being indivisible, incapable of being divided.
• volubleFluent or having a ready flow of speech.