Word origins

• pubescentAt or just after the age of puberty.
• infertileNot fertile.
• moietyA half.
• profusionabundance; the state of being profuse; a cornucopia
• attestationA thing that serves to bear witness, confirm, or authenticate; validation, verification, documentation.
• JudaicPertaining to the Jews, their culture or their religion.
• turbanA man's headdress made by winding a length of cloth round the head.
• grumbleA high thundering, rumbling or growling sound.
• revocableHaving the ability of being revoked; capable of being revoked.
• malleableAble to be hammered into thin sheets; capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer, or by the pressure of rollers.
• genialFriendly and cheerful; enlivening.
• armatureA detachment of soldiers; soldiers collectively.
• tarragonA perennial herb, the wormwood species Artemisia dracunculus, from Europe and parts of Asia.
• unanimityThe condition of agreement by all parties, the state of being unanimous.
• refutationAn act of refuting or disproving; the disproving of an argument, opinion, testimony, doctrine or theory by argument or countervailing proof; evidence of falseness.
• friezeA kind of coarse woollen cloth or stuff with a shaggy or tufted (friezed) nap on one side.
• sequentThat comes after in time or order; subsequent.
• dormerA room-like, roofed projection from a sloping roof.
• gestA story or adventure; a verse or prose romance.
• pontiffA member of the most illustrious of the colleges of priests of the Roman religion, the College of Pontiffs; a pontifex.
• divestTo strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice).
• occipitalOf, pertaining to, or located within or near the occiput (back of the head) or the occipital bone.
• 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.
• condenseTo concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.
• 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.
• sprainTo weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation
• 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.
• inimitableBeyond imitation, surpassing all others; matchless.
• tareA vetch, or the seed of a vetch (genus Vicia, esp. Vicia sativa).
• tailleA form of taxation levied on the land of peasants in pre-Revolutionary France.
• ferocityThe condition of being ferocious.
• 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.
• patricianA member of any of the families constituting the populus Romanus, or body of Roman citizens, before the development of the plebeian order; later, one who, by right of birth or by special privilege conferred, belonged to the senior class of Romans, who, with certain property, had by right a seat in the Roman Senate.
• reductivePertaining to the reduction of a decree etc.; rescissory.
• persecuteTo pursue in a manner to do harm or cruelty to; especially, because of the victim's race, sexual identity, or adherence to a particular belief.
• 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.
• placketA slit or other opening in an item of clothing, to allow access to pockets or fastenings
• matinof or relating to matins
• brahminA member of the Hindu priestly caste, one of the four varnas or social groups based on occupation in ancient Hindu society.
• disinfectTo sterilize by the use of cleaning agent.
• cedeTo give up; yield to another.
• exclaimTo cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.
• decryTo denounce as harmful.
• desertionThe act of deserting.
• revulsionAbhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror.
• farrierA person who maintains the health and balance of horses' feet through the trimming of the hoofs and fitting of horseshoes.
• irreconcilableUnable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising.
• 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.
• jovialCheerful and good-humoured; jolly, merry.
• disengageA circular movement of the blade that avoids the opponent's parry.
• sciaticOf, or relating to the ischium.
• presentableIn good enough shape to be shown or offered to other people; tidy; attractive.
• sultanateA sovereign or vassal princely state—usually Muslim—where the ruler is styled sultan.
• insolenceContemptible, ill-mannered conduct; insulting: arrogant, bold behaviour or attitude.
• transversalRunning or lying across; transverse.
• inexcusablenot excusable
• precipiceA very steep cliff.
• 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.
• scuttleA container like an open bucket (usually to hold and carry coal).
• safflowerA cultivated thistle-like plant, Carthamus tinctorius, family Asteraceae, now grown mainly for its oil.
• imploreTo beg or plead for (something) earnestly or urgently; to beseech.
• scimitarA sword of Persian origin that features a curved blade.
• sortableThat can be sorted.
• perronA stone block used as the base of a monument, marker, etc.
• falsitySomething that is false; an untrue assertion.
• elapseTo pass or move by.
• frontispieceAn illustration that is on the page before the title page of a book, a section of one, or a magazine.
• disbandTo break up or (cause to) cease to exist; to disperse.
• 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.
• pratiquePermission to use a port given to a ship after compliance with quarantine or on conviction that she is free of contagious disease.
• 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.
• transpirationThe loss of water by evaporation in terrestrial plants, especially through the stomata; accompanied by a corresponding uptake from the roots.
• 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.