Word origins

• excruciatingCausing great pain or anguish, agonizing
• bonifaceThe proprietor of a hotel or restaurant; an innkeeper.
• subsideTo sink or fall to the bottom; to settle, as lees.
• retaliateTo do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront.
• oryxAny of several antelopes, of the genus Oryx, native to Africa, which have long, straight horns
• foliarOf, pertaining to, or via the leaves.
• EtruscanOf or pertaining to the region and culture of Etruria, a pre-Roman civilization in Italy.
• hilarityA great amount of amusement, usually accompanied by much laughter.
• precociousCharacterized by exceptionally early development or maturity.
• VoightA surname from German.
• repressTo forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
• ligninA complex non-carbohydrate aromatic polymer present in all wood.
• statorThe stationary part of a motor or other machine.
• stoicProponent of stoicism, a school of thought, from in 300 B.C.E. up to about the time of Marcus Aurelius, who holds that by cultivating an understanding of the logos, or natural law, one can be free of suffering.
• montaneOf, inhabiting, or growing in mountain areas; specifically, the cool, moist upland slopes below the timberline.
• quartoA size of paper (7.5"-10" x 10"-12.5" or 190-254 x 254-312 mm). Formed by folding and cutting one of several standard sizes of paper (15"-20" x 20"-25" or 381-508 x 508-635 mm) twice to form 4 leaves (eight sides).
• extenuatingThat attenuates or lessens the seriousness of something, e.g. by providing a mitigating excuse for it.
• taurinePertaining to a bull; bull-like.
• tibialOf or pertaining to a tibia or a structure associated with a tibia.
• scalpelA small straight knife with a very sharp blade used for surgery, dissection and craftwork.
• triennialHappening every three years.
• viticultureThe agricultural practice of growing vines, particularly grape vines.
• circumventionThe act of evading or going around (bypassing).
• PamplonaA city in Navarre, northern Spain, famous for the running of the bulls.
• obverseTurned or facing toward the observer.
• elysianOf or pertaining to Elysian or Elysium, the location.
• ColumbaSaint Columba of Iona, one of the Gaelic missionary monks who reintroduced Christianity to Scotland during the Dark Ages.
• renunciationThe act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid.
• ThraceA historical region of Southeastern Europe, now divided between Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey.
• mantuaAn article of loose clothing popular in 17th- and 18th century France.
• celibacyAbstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried.
• irateExtremely angry; wrathful; enraged.
• pupaAn insect in the development stage between larva and adult.
• specularPertaining to mirrors; mirror-like, reflective.
• ArcticaAn ancient continent situated in the Arctic, formed from the Canadian and Siberian shields.
• intrudeTo thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass.
• materialityThe quality of being material; having a physical existence.
• afferentCarrying towards.
• IsraeliteA native or inhabitant of
• torridVery hot and dry.
• AlbinA male given name from Latin.
• tuberA fleshy, thickened underground stem of a plant, usually containing stored starch, for example a potato or arrowroot.
• paschalOf or pertaining to Easter.
• incursionA military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of destruction, plunder, or bodily harm rather than an intent to conquer territory or alter the established government; contrast invasion in its narrow sense.
• monadOne thing, one being, one item.
• attitudinalExpressive of or pertaining to attitude.
• propolisAn aromatic glue-like substance produced by honeybees from tree resin, waxes, and their own secretions, used in the construction of their hives.
• vulnOf a pelican, to wound (oneself) by biting at the breast.
• boxwoodThe box tree, Buxus sempervirens.
• stentorA person with a powerful or stentorian voice.
• eruditeLearned, scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books.
• HerodotusAn ancient Greek historian who lived from 484 to 425 BCE.
• vidualRelating to widowhood, or widowed.
• EustaceA male given name from Ancient Greek.
• secreteSeparated; discrete.
• bipartiteHaving two parts (two principal or main parts).
• libertineSomeone freed from slavery in Ancient Rome; a freedman.
• testatorOne who makes or has made a legally valid will.
• HuelvaA province in the southwest of Andalusia, Spain. Capital: Huelva.
• segregateSeparate; select.
• fecundityAbility to produce offspring.
• debentureA certificate that certifies an amount of money owed to someone; a certificate of indebtedness.
• reminisceTo recall the past in a private moment, often fondly or nostalgically.
• concoctionThe preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
• arthriticOf, or affected by arthritis.
• pubesThe pubic hair.
• apostasyThe renunciation of a belief or set of beliefs.
• LucretiaA female given name from Latin. The feminine form of Lucretius.
• LaurentianRelating to a Precambrian geological region in eastern Canada, or the period of its formation.
• resplendentShining brilliantly; gleaming; radiant.
• interlinguaan interlanguage
• coalesceTo join into a mass or whole.
• subservientUseful in an inferior capacity.
• legionellaBacteria of the genus Legionella.
• tingeA small added amount of colour; (by extension) a small added amount of some other thing.
• ArachneA woman famous for her skill at weaving. She was changed into a spider by the goddess Athena.
• emeritaA female person who is retired from active service or an occupation, especially one who retains an honorific version of a previous title.
• subductionThe action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object.
• proletarianOf or relating to the proletariat.
• hallucinationA sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens.
• mutateTo undergo mutation.
• DaedalusGreek mythological figure who crafted the waxen wings of Icarus.
• decennialSynonym of decade, a ten-year period.
• effervescentGiving off bubbles; fizzy.
• ferritinAny of a family of iron-carrying globular protein complexes consisting of 24 protein subunits; the key protein of intracellular iron storage.
• eludeTo evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.
• spondylitisInflammation of the spine.
• PythagoreanA follower of Pythagoras; someone who believes in or advocates Pythagoreanism.
• emigrateTo leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.
• ditionDominion; rule or power.
• DiogenesA transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Διογένης (Diogénēs).
• Ardennesforest, geographic region and low mountain range in France, Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg; in full, Ardennes Forest, Ardenne Forest, or Forest of Ardennes.
• ruminantChewing cud.
• salicylicDerived from salicin.
• specieType or kind, in various uses of the phrase in specie.
• patellaThe sesamoid bone of the knee; the kneecap.
• inflorescenceA group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches.
• dionediketone
• morticianAn undertaker or funeral director; especially, one who is also the embalmer or cremator.
• CalistaA female given name from Latin.