Word origins

• gaudyVery showy or ornamented, now especially when excessive, or in a tasteless or vulgar manner.
• neapolitanOf, from or relating to the city of Naples, capital and largest city of Campania, Italy, or the surrounding metropolitan city.
• LaetitiaThe goddess of gaiety.
• agglomerationThe act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.
• AgricolaA cognomen used by several Roman politicians.
• columnarHaving the shape of a column.
• AgrippaA Latin cognomen; borne by important figures of the classical era such as Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and several kings of Judea, mentioned in the bible.
• rufousof a reddish colour
• aureliaThe chrysalis of an insect, especially of a butterfly.
• gyrusA fold or ridge on the cerebral cortex of the brain.
• ThothThe ancient Egyptian moon god of wisdom, learning, and magic, usually depicted as an ibis or baboon.
• incubateTo brood, raise, or maintain eggs, organisms, or living tissue through the provision of ideal environmental conditions.
• depleteTo reduce the amount of; to remove (a substance from something)
• trepidationAnxiety over the uncertain future or possible ill-occurrence.
• Ismaela male given name, variant of Ishmael
• stentorA person with a powerful or stentorian voice.
• CaligulaGaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, third Roman emperor from 37 to 41 CE.
• tarsusA group of small bones in this part of the foot. The seven bones of the human tarsus form the ankle and upper part of the foot.
• maxillaryOf or relating to the jaw or jawbone.
• ascitesAn accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, frequently symptomatic of liver disease.
• ilexHolm oak (Quercus ilex).
• rotavirusAny of a group of wheel-shaped viruses, of the genus Rotavirus, that causes gastroenteritis and diarrhea in children and animals.
• indicRelating to or denoting the group of Indo-European languages comprising Sanskrit and the modern Indian languages which are its descendants.
• paterFather.
• calliopeA musical organ, consisting of steam whistles played with a keyboard. Often used with merry-go-rounds.
• neophyteA beginner; a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief.
• luridPruriently detailed and sensationalistic about something shocking or horrifying, especially with regard to violence or sex.
• defectionAn act or incidence of defecting.
• BuriA Germanic tribe dwelling near the territory of the Marcomanni
• mnaMember of the National Assembly
• reclineTo cause to lean back; to bend back.
• fluvialOf, pertaining to, inhabiting, or produced by the action of a river or stream.
• candelaIn the International System of Units, the base unit of luminous intensity; the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 10¹² hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian. Symbol: cd
• SophoclesA Greek dramatic poet (ca. 497 BCE – 405 BCE); Sophocles was one of the three greatest Greek tragedians. In the Athenian dramatic competitions of the Festival of Dionysus, he won more first prizes (around 20) than any other playwright, and placed second in all others he participated in. He is best remembered for his Oedipus Cycle of plays.
• tepidLukewarm; neither warm nor cool.
• cardoThe basal joint of the maxilla in insects
• novationReplacement of a contract with one or more new contracts, in particular in financial markets the replacement of a contract between a particular buyer and seller with contracts between the clearing house and each party.
• DemosthenesA transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Δημοσθένης (Dēmosthénēs), famously borne by Demosthenes, the Athenian statesman and orator of 4th century BC.
• fissileAble to be split.
• xeniumA gift or offering.
• ZachariasA male given name from Koine Greek, alternative form of Zechariah and Zachary.
• blasphemousLacking piety or respect for the sacred; resembling blasphemy.
• docentInstructive; that teaches.
• regnumA rank in the classification of organisms, below dominium and above divisio.
• cicadaAny of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.
• archeThe first principle of existing things in pre-Socratic philosophy, initially assumed to be of water.
• excrementHuman and non-human animal solid waste excreted from the bowels; feces.
• sanctusA prayer in Christian liturgy, beginning “Holy, holy, holy …” and typically said or sung as a hymn shortly before the anaphora.
• dominusmaster; sir; a title of respect formerly applied to a knight or clergyman, and sometimes to the lord of a manor, castle or an academic master
• interpolateTo introduce (something) between other things; especially to insert (possibly spurious) words into a text.
• rumenThe first compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminants.
• relegationMoving from one division to a lower one, due to finishing the season with fewer points than others.
• AtticusA male given name from Latin.
• infarctAn area of dead tissue caused by a loss of blood supply; a localized necrosis.
• corroborateTo confirm or support something with additional evidence; to attest or vouch for.
• altheaAny of several plants of the genus Althaea; the hollyhocks and mallows, native to Eurasia.
• loteTo lurk; lie hidden
• annihilateTo reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.
• callusA hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use.
• fossaA pit, groove, cavity, or depression.
• gregariousWho enjoys being in crowds and socializing.
• adjudicateTo decide, rule on, or settle as a judge.
• duxThe top (male or female) academic student in a school, or in a year of school; the top student in a specified academic discipline.
• curiaAny of the subdivisions of a tribe in ancient Rome
• octavoA sheet of paper 7 to 10 inches (= 17.78 to 25.4 cm) high and 4.5 to 6 inches (= 11.43 to 15.24 cm) wide, the size varying with the large original sheet used to create it. It is made by folding the original sheet three times to produce eight leaves.
• PericlesAn Ancient Greek politician.
• decileAny of the values in a series that divides the distribution of individuals in that series into ten groups of equal frequency.
• officiateTo perform the functions of some office.
• substantiationThe act of substantiating.
• eccean interjection used to draw attention to something or someone; behold!
• antebellumOf the time period prior to a war.
• argonautAny of several species of shelled octopods of the family Argonautidae (of which only the genus Argonauta is not extinct).
• vertebraAny of the bony or cartilaginous segments which make up the backbone, consisting in some lower vertebrates of several distinct elements which never become united, and in higher vertebrates having a short more or less cylindrical body whose ends articulate by pads of elastic or cartilaginous tissue with those of adjacent vertebrae and a bony arch that encloses the spinal cord.
• emanateTo come from a source; issue from.
• supineLying on its back.
• NiceneOf or pertaining to Nicaea.
• SocraticOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of the philosopher Socrates or his philosophy or methods.
• polypA cylindrical coelenterate, such as the hydra, having a mouth surrounded with tentacles.
• granaryA storage facility for grain or sometimes animal feed.
• eclipticThe great circle on the celestial sphere that is the mean apparent path of the sun as viewed from the earth.
• brachialPertaining or belonging to the arm.
• confiscateTo use one's authority to lay claim to and separate a possession from its holder.
• manusA hand, as the part of the fore limb below the forearm in a human, or the corresponding part in other vertebrates.
• ArcturusA bright yellow-orange star in the constellation Boötes; Alpha (α) Boötis. It is the fourth-brightest star in the night sky.
• AeneasA Trojan hero and the legendary ancestor of Romans.
• AmazoniaThe legendary land of the warrior-women Amazons.
• exterminateTo kill or otherwise permanently eliminate all of (a population, often of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally.
• erectorA person who, or a device which erects.
• chalcedonyA form of fine-grained quartz that is nearly transparent or has a milky translucence; it fractures conchoidally.
• viburnumAny of many shrubs and trees, of the genus Viburnum, native to the Northern Hemisphere that have showy clusters of flowers.
• reciprocateTo exchange two things, with both parties giving one thing and taking another thing.
• quiaRelating to the belief that the Book of Concord is authoritative because it faithfully describes the Christian faith as revealed in the Bible.
• GaiusA male given name from Latin, of rare usage
• austerThe god of the south wind.
• exterminatorSomeone or something that exterminates.
• OeaA city in Libya, one of the three cities of historical Tripoli, the one that would survive and take Tripoli as its modern name.
• passimUsed in citations to indicate that something, as a word, phrase, or idea, is to be found at many places throughout the work cited; here and there, throughout.
• scintillaA small spark or flash.
• orationA formal, often ceremonial speech.
• maturaA final exam that young adults (aged 18 or 19) take at the end of their secondary education in certain European countries.