Word origins

• detrimentalCausing damage or harm.
• BarringtonA village and civil parish in South Cambridgeshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL3949).
• diversificationThe act, or the result, of diversifying.
• CambriaWales, a constituent country of the United Kingdom.
• primalBeing the first in time or in history.
• CyrillicDenoting an alphabet devised for writing the Old Church Slavonic liturgical language, and its adaptations used for several languages of Eastern Europe and Asia; of or relating to this writing system.
• quantifyTo assign a quantity to.
• authenticateTo render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.
• exonAn officer of the King's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.
• credentialPertaining to or serving as an introduction or recommendation (to someone).
• originateTo cause (someone or something) to be; to bring (someone or something) into existence; to produce or initiate a person or thing.
• coliseumA large theatre, cinema, or stadium.
• affectiveRelating to, resulting from, or influenced by the emotions.
• irresistibleImpossible to resist.
• abrasiveProducing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.
• insecurityA lack of security; uncertainty.
• asparagusAny of various perennial plants of the genus Asparagus having leaflike stems, scalelike leaves, and small flowers.
• cosmologyThe study of the physical universe, its structure, dynamics, origin and evolution, and fate.
• assimilationThe act of assimilating or the state of being assimilated.
• synonymousHaving a similar (sometimes identical) meaning. (See Usage notes below)
• cultivateTo grow plants, notably crops.
• exhaustionThe point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.
• lingualRelated to, near, or on the side toward the tongue.
• ErasmusAn exchange student taking part in an Erasmus Programme.
• botanicOf or pertaining to botany.
• burglarA person who breaks in to premises with the intent of committing a crime, usually theft.
• sylvanPertaining to the forest, or woodlands.
• sporadic(of diseases) occurring in isolated instances; not epidemic.
• filamentA fine thread or wire.
• elixirA liquid which converts lead to gold.
• incarcerationThe act of confining, or the state of being confined; imprisonment.
• populateTo supply with inhabitants; to people.
• carlingA piece of squared timber fitted fore-and-aft between the deck beams of a wooden ship to provide support for the deck planking.
• archdioceseA diocese administered by an archbishop.
• repatriationThe process of returning of a person to their country of origin or citizenship.
• morayAny of the large cosmopolitan carnivorous eels of the family Muraenidae.
• expatriateLiving outside of one's own country.
• brantAny of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla.
• feudA state of long-standing mutual hostility.
• actuateTo activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
• dislocationThe act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.
• AlsaceA cultural region, former administrative region, and historical province of France, located on the west bank of the upper Rhine; since 2016, part of the administrative region of Grand Est. It has changed hands between France and Germany several times throughout history.
• transcendentalSynonym of transcendent (“surpassing usual limits; excelling; extraordinary”).
• infirmaryA place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital; sickhouse.
• assertiveBoldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive.
• GaliciaA former kingdom and autonomous community in northwestern Spain.
• gamutA (normally) complete range.
• intimidateTo make timid or afraid; to cause to feel fear or nervousness; to deter, especially by threats of violence.
• peruseTo examine or consider with care.
• cautionaryServing to caution or warn; admonitory
• paraphernaliaMiscellaneous items, especially the set of equipment required for a particular activity.
• reflexiveReferring back to the subject, or having an object equal to the subject.
• DiracA surname from French.
• amalgamationThe process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.
• cottaA surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and less full than the ordinary surplice and with short sleeves, or sometimes none.
• TransylvaniaA historical region in western Romania.
• amalgamAn alloy containing mercury.
• necessitateTo make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about.
• viscountA member of the peerage, above a baron but below a count or earl.
• opiateRelating to, resembling, or containing opium.
• substantiateTo verify something by supplying evidence; to authenticate or corroborate.
• inadvertentNot intentional; not on purpose; not conscious.
• rehabilitateTo restore (someone) to their former state, reputation, possessions, status etc.
• bursaryA monetary award to university students that allows them to continue their studies.
• decadenceWith a negative connotation: the process of declining from a state of moral virtue, prosperity, etc., to a worse state; decay, deterioration; also, the bad state which has been reached; (countable) an instance of this.
• antimonyA chemical element (symbol Sb, from Latin stibium) with an atomic number of 51: in its stable allotrope, a lustrous gray and very brittle metal.
• triangulationA technique in which distances and directions are estimated from an accurately measured baseline and the principles of trigonometry; (countable) an instance of the use of this technique.
• craniumThat part of the skull consisting of the bones enclosing the brain, but not including the bones of the face or jaw.
• incisiveIntelligently analytical and concise. (of a person or mental process)
• inductorA passive device that introduces inductance into an electrical circuit.
• marcasiteThe orthorhombic form of iron disulfide, FeS₂, occurring as yellow crystals.
• infallibleA person who, or an object or process that, is taken as being infallible.
• tarantulaAny of the large, hairy, mostly New World spiders comprising the family Theraphosidae.
• transformativeThat causes a transformation; causing a notable and lasting change
• PaduaA province of Veneto, Italy.
• picaA disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand.
• bursaAny of the many small fluid-filled sacs located at the point where a muscle or tendon slides across bone. These sacs serve to reduce friction between the two moving surfaces.
• ubiquityThe state or quality of being, or appearing to be, everywhere at once; actual or perceived omnipresence.
• nadirThe point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation.
• CroatA native or inhabitant of Croatia; a person of Croatian ethnicity.
• AnatoliaA peninsula in West Asia, comprising most of the modern Republic of Turkey. Bounded by the Black Sea to the north, the Armenian Highland to the east, the Mediterranean Sea to the south and the Aegean Sea to the west.
• divergeTo run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
• WestphaliaWestfalen, a subdivision (“Landschaftsverband”) of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
• tracheaA thin-walled, cartilaginous tube connecting the larynx to the bronchi.
• hermeticPertaining to the ancient Greek Olympian god Hermes.
• bursarThe treasurer of a university, college or school.
• accentuateTo pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.
• punctualOf an event, happening at the appointed time.
• connotationA meaning of a word or phrase that is (subjectively) suggested or implied (implicit), as contrasted with a denotation, which is the explicit and objective meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.
• bestiaryA medieval treatise of various real or imaginary animals.
• promontoryA high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff.
• MoraviaA historic region in the eastern Czech Republic.
• recollectTo recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past events.
• ScaniaA former province, historical region, and peninsula in Sweden, roughly coterminous with Skåne County and occupying the southern tip of the Scandinavian Peninsula.
• omnipresentBeing everywhere simultaneously.
• theosophyAny doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism claiming that knowledge of God can be attained through mystical insight and spiritual ecstasy, and that direct communication with the transcendent world is possible.
• urinateTo pass urine from the body.
• superhumanBeyond what is possible for a human being.
• quintessenceA thing that is the most perfect example of its type; the most perfect embodiment of something; epitome, prototype.
• culminateOf a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest altitude.