Word origins

• confederateOf, relating to, or united in a confederacy
• synchronousAt the same time, at the same frequency.
• clementLenient or merciful; charitable.
• immersionThe total submerging of a person in water as an act of baptism.
• chaoticFilled with chaos.
• johannesA former Portuguese gold coin.
• DominicA male given name from Latin, best known for the Spanish saint who founded the Dominican order.
• ironicCharacterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
• prognosisA forecast of the future course or outcome of a situation based on what is presently known; a prediction.
• intellectThe faculty of thinking, judging, abstract reasoning, and conceptual understanding; the cognitive faculty.
• superficialExisting, occurring, or located on the surface.
• alleviateTo reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty.
• orphanA person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
• ClemensA surname.
• byzantineOf or pertaining to Byzantium.
• indefiniteWithout limit; forever, or until further notice; not definite.
• enemaAn injection of fluid into the large intestine by way of the rectum, usually for medical purposes.
• contradictoryThat contradicts something, such as an argument.
• psoriasisA noncontagious disease whose main symptom is gray or silvery flaky patches on the skin which are red and inflamed underneath when scratched.
• maceA heavy fighting club.
• involuntaryWithout intention; unintentional.
• corollaryA gift beyond what is actually due; an addition or superfluity.
• CalebCaleb the son of Jephunneh, an Israelite who entered Canaan with Joshua.
• astralRelating to or resembling the stars; starry.
• monumentalIn the manner of a monument.
• denominatorThe number or expression written below the line in a fraction (such as 2 in ½).
• delinquencyMisconduct.
• granularConsisting of, or resembling, granules or grains.
• moratoriumAn authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments.
• subtractionThe process of subtracting a number from another.
• vehicularOf or pertaining to a vehicle or vehicles, usually specifically cars and trucks; involving a vehicle.
• equatorAn imaginary great circle around Earth, equidistant from the two poles, and dividing earth's surface into the northern and southern hemispheres.
• tabularHaving a flat (planar) horizontal surface at top.
• circulateTo move in circles or through a circuit.
• clericA member of a clergy.
• calvaryA life-size representation of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on a piece of raised ground.
• anomalousDeviating from the normal; marked by incongruity or contradiction; aberrant or abnormal.
• LazarusA person who was deceased and has been resurrected; a deceased person who could potentially be resurrected.
• CyrilA male given name from Ancient Greek; best known for a ninth century missionary to the Slavs.
• fluencyThe quality of smoothness of flow.
• innovatorSomeone who innovates; a creator of new ideas.
• discontinuityA lack of continuity, regularity or sequence; a break or gap.
• elongationThe act of lengthening.
• spuriousFalse, not authentic, not genuine.
• hibiscusA flowering plant of the genus Hibiscus, especially Hibiscus syriacus, found in tropical to temperate regions, of some species used for making infusions/tea.
• plethoraAn excessive amount or number; an abundance.
• septuagintA group of 70 people or a collection of 70 things.
• sarcasmUse of acerbic language to mock or convey contempt, often using verbal irony and (in speech) often marked by overemphasis and sneering.
• homologousIn corresponding proportion.
• cystA pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.
• commensurateOf a proportionate or similar measurable standard.
• FranciscanA friar of the religious order founded by Saint Francis of Assisi in 1209, now known as the Order of the Friars Minor.
• operandA quantity to which an operator is applied (in 3-x, the operands of the subtraction operator are 3 and x).
• crypticHaving hidden (unapparent) meaning.
• ovationA victory ceremony of less importance than a triumph.
• bronchitisAn inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs, that causes the cilia of the bronchial epithelial cells to stop functioning.
• existentialOf or relating to existence.
• repertoryA repertoire.
• metastasisA change in nature, form, or quality.
• punctureThe act or an instance of puncturing.
• ensAn entity or being; an existing thing, as opposed to a quality or attribute.
• basaltA hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.
• apologeticsA systematic defense of a position, or of religious or occult doctrine.
• tectonicOf or relating to construction or to architecture.
• dictationDictating, the process of speaking for someone else to write down the words.
• parallelismThe state or condition of being parallel; agreement in direction, tendency, or character.
• iconicRelating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon.
• enochan iron sledgehammer
• occlusionThe process of occluding, or something that occludes.
• piqueTo wound the pride of (someone); to excite to anger; to irritate, to offend.
• OlympianOf or relating to Mount Olympus, the highest mountain in Greece; or (Greek mythology) the Greek gods and goddesses who were believed to live there.
• legibleClear enough to be read; readable, particularly of handwriting.
• tropicEither of the two parallels of latitude 23°26′ north and south of the equator; the farthest points at which the sun can be directly overhead; the boundaries of the torrid zone or tropics.
• deviateTo go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
• hippocampusA mythological creature with the front head and forelimbs of a horse and the rear of a fish.
• actionableAble to be acted on; able to be used as the basis for taking action.
• numeratorThe number or expression written above the line in a fraction (such as 1 in ½).
• burgBurgundy wine.
• colophonIn manuscripts (typically before the invention of printing), the note, usually at the end, left by the scribe who copied it, giving information on his exemplar, where and when the copy was made, and sometimes, his own name.
• bugleA horn used by hunters.
• binomialConsisting of two terms, or parts.
• menstruationThe periodic discharging of the menses, the flow of blood and cells from the lining of the uterus in unfertilized females of humans and other primates.
• reiterateTo say or do (something) for a second time, such as for emphasis.
• deteriorateTo make worse; to make inferior in quality or value; to impair.
• stupendousAstonishingly great or large; huge; enormous.
• catechismA book, in question and answer form, summarizing the basic principles of Christianity.
• retractTo pull (something) back or back inside.
• mucousPertaining to mucus.
• truncationThe act of truncating or shortening (for example, words are shortened to form blend words or portmanteaus).
• mnemonicEspecially of a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.: intended to help in remembering.
• templarA barrister having chambers in the Inner Temple or Middle Temple.
• hyphenThe symbol "‐", typically used to join two or more words to form a compound term, or to indicate that a word has been split at the end of a line.
• preceptA rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.
• polygamyThe condition of having more than one spouse or marriage partner at one time.
• cortinaA cobweb-like annulus on certain types of mushroom.
• mannaFood miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
• programmSame as programme.
• LilianA female given name from Latin.
• cloughA narrow valley; a cleft in a hillside; a ravine, glen, or gorge.
• CassellA surname.