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- EVINCETo show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest.
- EXCORIATETo remove the skin and/or fur of, to flay, to skin.
- EXCULPATETo clear of or to free from guilt; exonerate.
- EXCULPATORYTending to excuse or clear of wrongdoing.
- EXIGENTUrgent; pressing; needing immediate action.
- EXIGUOUSScanty; meager.
- EXPIATETo atone or make reparation for.
- EXPLICATIVEExplanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
- EXPURGATETo edit out (incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information) from a book or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.
- EXULTTo rejoice; to be very happy, especially in triumph; to triumph (over).
- EYRIEThe nest of a bird of prey.
- FALCHIONA somewhat curved, single-edged medieval sword of European origin, with the cutting edge on its convex side, whose design is reminiscent of the Persian scimitar and the Chinese dao
- FEBRILEFeverish, or having a high temperature.
- FORNIXAn archlike or vaulted structure or fold: The junction where the conjunctiva lining the eyelid meets the conjunctiva overlying the sclera. A triangular area of white matter in the
- FOVEAA slight depression or pit in a bone or organ.
- FULMINATETo make a verbal attack.
- GLACISA gentle incline. A gentle sloping landform created by the deposition or erosion of material. A gentle incline in front of a fortification which protects it from cannon fire and ex
- GRAVIDPregnant.
- HAWSERA thick or heavy-duty cable or rope used to tow or moor a ship.
- IMBUETo instill or inspire (someone) with a certain quality, feeling, or idea.
- IMPORTUNETo bother, irritate, trouble.
- JOCOSEgiven to jesting; habitually jolly
- JOCULARHumorous, amusing or joking.
- JOINTUREA joining; a joint.
- JUVENILIAWorks produced during an artist's or author's youth.
- KEPIA cap with a flat circular top and a visor, particularly associated with French uniforms.
- LATEENA triangular fore-and-aft sail set on a boom in such way that the tack is attached to the hull of the vessel and the free end of the boom lifts the sail.
- LICENTIOUSLacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.
- LICTORAn officer in Ancient Rome, attendant on a consul or magistrate, who bore the fasces and was responsible for punishing criminals.
- LIQUESCETo become a liquid; to liquefy.
- LUXATETo dislocate; to displace a body part.
- MISERICORDRelaxation of monastic rules.
- MORDANTHaving or showing a sharp or critical quality.
- OPACITYThe state or quality of being opaque, not allowing light to pass through.
- PALAVERA village council meeting.
- PAUCITYFewness in number; too few.
- PECULATIONThe wrongful appropriation or embezzlement of shared or public property, usually by a person entrusted with the guardianship of that property.
- PLATENThe part of a printing press which presses the paper against the type and by which the impression is made.
- POETASTERAn unskilled poet.
- POLONIUMA rare, highly radioactive chemical element (symbol Po) with atomic number 84. An atom of this element.
- PORTENDTo serve as a warning or omen of.
- QUIESCENTInactive, quiet, at rest.
- RAPINEThe seizure of someone's property by force; pillage; plunder.
- REDOUBTA small, temporary, military fortification.
- REFULGENCYThe property of being refulgent.
- REFULGENTResplendent, or shining brightly and radiantly.
- REIFYTo regard something abstract as if it were a concrete material thing.
- RELICTSomething that, or someone who, survives or remains or is left over after the loss of others; a relic. The surviving member of a married couple after one or the other has died; a w
- RUGOSEHaving rugae or wrinkles, creases, ridges, or corrugation.
- RUGOSITYThe state of being rugose.
- SAXIFRAGEAny plant in the genus Saxifraga.
- SEPTA clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; especially, one of the ancient clans of Ireland.
- SHRIVETo hear or receive a confession (of sins etc.).
- SIDEREALOf or relating to the stars.
- SONEa subjective unit of loudness for an average listener equal to the loudness of a 1000-hertz sound that has an intensity 40 decibels above the listener's own threshold of hearing
- SUSPIRETo breathe, especially to exhale
- UXORIOUSVery devoted and possibly submissive to one's wife; showing excessive uxorial devotion.
- VACUITYEmptiness.
- VESICLEA membrane-bound compartment found in a cell.
- VIRAGOA woman given to undue belligerence or ill manner at the slightest provocation.
- VOLUMINOUSOf or pertaining to volume or volumes.
- VOTARYConsecrated by a vow or promise; consequent on a vow; devoted; promised.
- VULGATEMade common, published for common use.
- YAWLA small ship's boat, usually rowed by four or six oars.
- FIRKINA varying measure of capacity, usually being a quarter of a barrel; specifically, a measure equal to nine imperial gallons.
- HOYDENA rude, uncultured or rowdy girl or woman.
- BEDEWTo make wet with or as if with dew.
- BETIMESIn good season or time; early, especially in the morning; seasonably.
- BOWYERA person who makes or sells bows (for use with arrows).
- COXSWAINIn a ship's boat, the helmsman given charge of the boat's crew.
- FORFENDTo prohibit; to forbid; to avert.
- FUSTYMoldy or musty.
- INURETo cause someone to become accustomed to something that requires prolonged or repeated tolerance of one or more unpleasantries.
- KETCHA fore-and-aft rigged sailing vessel with two masts, main and mizzen, the mizzen being stepped forward of the rudder post.
- SUPINELying on its back.
- WHORESONAn illegitimate or misbegotten child born of unwed parents.
- DIOCESANPertaining to a diocese.
- PELFMoney, riches; gain, especially when dishonestly acquired; lucre, mammon.
- PURGATIVEpurging
- SACKBUTA brass instrument from the Renaissance and Baroque Eras, and an ancestor of the modern trombone. It was derived from the medieval slide trumpet.
- PALTERTo talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions. (psychology and mediation) To give a false impression by selective use of true but misleading statements.
- SHOATA weaned piglet; any piglet.
- BRAZETo cover with brass, or as with brass.
- EALDORMANThe chief magistrate of a shire in Anglo-Saxon England.
- FOISTTo introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant.
- POOKAA fairy that supposedly appears in animal form, often large.
- QUICKSILVERThe metal mercury.
- WITHYAn osier (Salix viminalis), a type of willow.
- WRACKThe remains of something; a wreck.
- BAWDOne who keeps a brothel, or procures women for prostitution; a procurer or madam.
- DAVITA spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship.
- POULTERSynonym of poulterer, a dealer in poultry.
- PURSUIVANTA functionary of lower rank than a herald, but discharging similar duties; an attendant of the heralds, e.g. in the College of Arms.
- SKIRLTo make a shrill sound, as of bagpipes.
- WAPENTAKEAn administrative subdivision in northern English counties, developed under Norse influence, and corresponding to hundreds in the rest of England.
- WORKADAYSuitable for everyday use.
- BEZOARA mass, usually of hair or undigested vegetable matter, found in a human or animal's intestines, similar to a hairball.
- KHEDIVEThe title of the hereditary monarch of Egypt from 1805–1914, nominally ruling as a viceroy of the Sultan of Turkey.
- BEADLEA parish constable, a uniformed minor (lay) official, who ushers and keeps order.
- BEDIZENTo dress or ornament (someone or something), especially in a gaudy, showy, or tasteless manner.