Word origins

• inaccessibleNot able to be accessed; out of reach; inconvenient.
• miraculousBy supernatural or uncommon causes, e.g. by a god; that cannot be explained in terms of normal events.
• inaugurationThe act of inaugurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies.
• prefectureThe office or position of a prefect.
• attestTo affirm to be correct, true, or genuine.
• disgraceThe condition of being out of favor; loss of favor, regard, or respect.
• reinA strap or rope attached to a bridle or bit, used to control a horse, other animal or young child.
• awningA rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.
• occidentalOf, pertaining to, or situated in, the occident, or west; western.
• matrimonialOf, or having to do with matrimony and marriage.
• castorA hat made from the fur of the beaver.
• provokeTo cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
• deportationThe act of deporting or exiling, or the state of being deported; banishment; transportation.
• futileIncapable of producing results, useless; doomed not to be successful; not worth attempting.
• affluentSomeone who is wealthy.
• propheticHaving the ability to prophesize; prescient.
• neutralityThe state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side.
• ejectTo compel (a person or persons) to leave.
• rayonA manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber.
• consequentFollowing as a result, inference, or natural effect.
• DanubeA river in Europe; flowing 2,850 kilometers from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, through Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine, into the Black Sea.
• evasionThe act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.
• nitrousPertaining to or composed of nitre; having the properties of nitre, bitter.
• narrationThe act of recounting or relating in order the particulars of some action, occurrence, or affair; a narrating.
• implantationThe way in which an organ, bone, muscle etc. becomes inserted into its set place.
• marmotAny of several large ground-dwelling rodents of the genera Marmota and Cynomys in the squirrel family.
• contentiousMarked by heated arguments or controversy.
• braveryBeing brave, courageousness.
• evictionThe act of evicting.
• saultAssault.
• agateA semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two.
• feralWild; untamed.
• parmesanA hard, full-fat Italian cheese from Parma or its neighboring province Reggio Emilia.
• scarabA beetle of the species Scarabaeus sacer, sacred to the ancient Egyptians.
• venerableCommanding respect because of age, dignity, character or position.
• ingeniousOf a person, displaying genius, ingenuity or brilliance; inventive.
• lamentAn expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.
• disgustTo cause an intense dislike for something.
• tactileTangible; perceptible to the sense of touch.
• carnageDeath and destruction.
• elaborationThe act or process of producing or refining with labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement.
• peripheryThe outside boundary, parts or surface of something.
• conveneTo come together; to meet; to unite.
• degradeTo lower in value or social position.
• rarityA measure of the scarcity of an object.
• harmoniousShowing accord in feeling or action.
• regularityThe condition or quality of being regular
• conscientiousThorough, careful, or vigilant in one’s task performance; painstaking.
• mountainousHaving many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.
• figurativeOf use as a metaphor, simile, metonym or other figure of speech, as opposed to literal; using figures.
• communicativeEager to communicate; talkative.
• armoireA type of cupboard, cabinet, or wardrobe, originally used for storing weapons.
• anilThe indigo shrub; or the indigo dye obtained from the plant.
• lashThe thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
• amuletA religious article, protective charm, or ornament, usually bearing cultural or magical symbols, worn for protection against ill will, negative influences, the evil eye, or evil spirits.
• vigilanceAlert watchfulness.
• vegetativeOf or relating to plants; especially to their growth.
• grandeurThe state of being grand or splendid; magnificence.
• diocesanPertaining to a diocese.
• coagulationThe precipitation of suspended particles as they increase in size by any of several physical or chemical processes.
• cessAn assessed tax, duty, or levy; billeting.
• populaceThe common people of a nation.
• lusterThe ability or condition of shining with reflected light; sheen, gleam, gloss, sparkle, shine, etc.
• surpassTo go beyond or exceed (something) in an adjudicative or literal sense.
• annihilationThe act of destroying or otherwise turning into nothing, or nonexistence.
• humanistA scholar of one of the subjects in the humanities.
• imputationThe act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription.
• fraternalOf or pertaining to a brother or brothers.
• ureUse, practise, exercise.
• emirA prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation.
• excretionThe process of removing or ejecting material that has no further utility, especially from the body; the act of excreting.
• combustibleCapable of burning.
• tunicA garment worn over the torso, with or without sleeves, and of various lengths reaching from the hips to the ankles.
• farceA style of humor marked by broad improbabilities with little regard to regularity or method.
• haggardLooking exhausted, worried, or poor in condition
• perfusionThe act of perfusing, the passage of fluid through the circulatory system.
• invincibleImpossible to defeat, destroy, or kill; too powerful to be defeated or overcome.
• impeccablePerfect, without faults, flaws or errors
• votiveDedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge.
• diversifyTo make (something) diverse or varied in form or quality; to give variety to (something) to distinguish by numerous aspects or differences.
• milletAny of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world.
• invertTo turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction; to make (something) the opposite of itself.
• dexteritySkill in performing tasks, especially with the hands.
• concomitantAccompanying; conjoining; attending; concurrent.
• viscousHaving a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid (that is, a high viscosity).
• returnableCapable of being returned.
• comradeA mate, companion, or associate.
• inconvenientnot convenient
• precedeTo go before, go in front of.
• tamperA tool used to tamp something down, such as tobacco in a pipe.
• skepticSomeone who doubts beliefs, claims, plans, etc. that are accepted by others as true or appropriate, especially one who habitually does so.
• conciliationThe process of bringing peace and harmony; the ending of strife.
• impunityExemption from punishment.
• infernalOf or relating to hell, or the world of the dead; hellish.
• defamatoryDamaging to someone's reputation, especially if untrue.
• timidLacking in courage or confidence.
• modestyThe quality of being modest; having a limited and not overly high opinion of oneself and one's abilities.
• sumptuousExtremely costly; suggesting great expense.
• infestationThe presence of a large number of pest organisms in an area or field, on the surface of a host or anything that might contact a host, or in the soil.
• lustreUK standard spelling of luster (shine, etc.).