Word origins

• 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.
• languorouslacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality; languid, lackadaisical.
• corbieA raven or crow (typically Corvus corax).
• gracileLean, slender, thin.
• accepterA person who accepts; a taker.
• commiserationThe act of commiserating; sorrow for the hardships or afflictions of another; pity; compassion.
• entrainTo draw (something) along as a current does.
• alkermesThe desiccated bodies of certain insects (female Kermes ilicis and Kermes vermilio), which live on the kermes oak, formerly much used as a material for dye and a medicinal ingredient; also a given mixture, preparation etc. containing such insects.
• impalpableIncapable of being touched or felt; incorporeal, intangible.
• spargeTo sprinkle or spray.
• pilasterA rectangular column that projects partially from the wall to which it is attached; it gives the appearance of a support, but is only for decoration.
• enormenormous
• 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.
• disenchantTo free from illusion, false belief or enchantment; to undeceive or disillusion.
• debilitationThe act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness.
• pinnaceA light boat, traditionally propelled by sails, but sometimes a rowboat, and usually serving to carry messages among the larger ships of a fleet.
• inutileuseless; unprofitable.
• ceremoniousAccording to the required or usual ceremonies, formalities, or rituals; specifically (Christianity, obsolete), to ceremonial laws in the Bible.
• indeterminableThat is incapable of being measured.
• foundressA female founder (“one who founds or establishes”).
• munificenceThe quality of being munificent; generosity.
• complotA plot (involving more than one person), conspiracy
• comportmentThe manner in which one behaves or conducts oneself.
• embarTo enclose (as though behind bars); to imprison.
• inciseTo cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.
• jouissanceEnjoyment, delight, pleasure.
• lenityleniency, mercy, forgiveness
• pleasantryA casual, courteous remark.
• profanationThe act of profaning; desecration, blasphemous behaviour, defilement.
• petrifyTo turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
• retraitA picture or other visual representation.
• derisoryLaughable, ridiculous, especially due to being small, inadequate, or low-quality; provoking derision.
• antipopeA person who claims or claimed to be the pope, usually as the result of a disputed election or deposition, but is not considered by the Roman Catholic Church to be the real pope.
• godetA drinking cup.
• declaimTo recite, e.g., poetry, in a theatrical way; to speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; bemouth; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.
• crudityThe state of being crude.
• disfavourLack of favour; displeasure.
• decrepitudeThe state of being decrepit or worn out from age or long use.
• importableInsupportable, unbearable.
• tyrannizeTo oppress (someone).
• lineamentAny distinctive shape or line, etc.
• irruptionThe action of irrupting or breaking into; a violent entry or invasion; an inbreaking; an intrusion.
• stupefactionThe state of extreme shock or astonishment.
• depravationDetraction; depreciation.
• geanA wild cherry tree, Prunus avium, native to Europe and western Asia or its small, dark fruit.
• dissuasiveTending to dissuade, or divert from a measure or purpose; dehortatory.
• Milesiana native or inhabitant of the ancient city of Miletus in Asia Minor.
• inflexionDated spelling of inflection.
• debileWeak; feeble.
• culetA component of armor, consisting of overlapping plates designed to protect the buttocks.
• contrarietyOpposition or contrariness; cross-purposes, marked contrast.
• grandiloquentGiven to using language in a showy way by using an excessive number of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid.
• precipitantInclined to make rapid decisions without due consideration; hasty, impulsive, rash.
• superscriptionSomething written (or engraved) on the surface, outside, or above something else; specifically, an address on a letter, envelope, etc.
• carouseTo engage in a noisy or drunken social gathering.
• morionA kind of open brimmed helmet used by footsoldiers in the 16th and 17th centuries, having no visor or bevor.
• sanctimonyA hypocritical form of excessive piety, considered to be an affectation merely for public show.
• cannonadeThe firing of artillery for a length of time.
• irresolutionLack of resolution; lack of decision or purpose; vacillation.
• interpellationThe act of interpellating (questioning); the period in which government officials are questioned about and explain an act, a policy or a point raised during a debate.
• convokeTo convene, to cause to assemble for a meeting.
• reparableAble to be repaired.
• magistralOf, relating to, or befitting a master; authoritative.
• parricideSomeone who kills a relative, especially a parent.
• voracityThe state of being voracious; rapacity or extreme gluttony.
• confuteTo show (something or someone) to be false or wrong; to disprove or refute.
• incertitudeuncertainty, doubt, insecurity
• petrousResembling rock or stone in its hardness.
• disconcertTo upset the composure of; to startle.
• reconquerTo conquer again.
• ortolanA small European migratory bunting (Emberiza hortulana), once eaten whole as a delicacy.
• provocatorOne who engages in provocation.
• escharA superficial structure of dead tissue, usually hardened, and commonly but not necessarily dark, adhering to underlying living or necrotic tissue, caused by gangrene or a burn.
• respondenceResponse, answer.
• fusilA bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge.
• vicissitudeRegular change or succession from one thing to another, or one part of a cycle to the next; alternation; mutual succession; interchange; variability.
• dentaryRelating to, or bearing, teeth.
• restaurThe remedy that assurers have against each other, or a person has against his guarantor.
• comestibleSuitable to be eaten; edible.
• imposableCapable of being imposed or laid on.
• pertinacityThe state or characteristic of being pertinacious.
• accoutrementA soldier's equipment, other than weapons and uniform.
• abastardizeTo stigmatize as a bastard; debase.
• abstergeTo make clean by wiping; to wipe away.
• abstersiveCleansing; purging; abstergent.
• accommodableThat may be accommodated; suitable.
• accouterTo furnish with dress or equipments, especially those for military service.
• accoyTo soothe, to calm; to assuage, to subdue.
• accusementAn accusation.
• -acityhaving the quality of
• adjuteTo add, include.
• adjutorAn adjutant; a helper or assistant.
• adustAbnormally dark or over-concentrated (associated with various states of discomfort or illness, specifically being too hot or dry).