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- DIASPORAThe dispersion of a group in a manner comparable to that of the Jews among the Gentiles after the Babylonian captivity (6th century BCE).
- GASTRICOf or relating to the stomach.
- OLIGARCHYA government run by and for only a few, often the aristocracy, the wealthy, or their friends and associates.
- PHYLUMA rank in the classification of organisms, below kingdom and above class; also called a divisio or a division, especially in describing plants; a taxon at that rank
- PROWThe front part of a vessel.
- STYGIANAlternative form of Stygian (“of or relating to the river Styx”).
- TAXIDERMYThe art of stuffing and mounting the skins of dead animals for exhibition in a lifelike state.
- EPAULETAlternative form of epaulette (“shoulder decoration on a uniform; tegula”).
- BELAYTo make (a rope) fast by turning it around a fastening point such as a cleat.
- HAMSTERAny of various Old World rodent species belonging to the subfamily Cricetinae.
- HEGEMONYDomination, influence, or authority over another, especially by one political group over a society or by one nation over others.
- ABORTIVEProduced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural.
- ABRASIVEProducing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.
- ATTRITIONGrinding down or wearing away by friction.
- AVARICEExcessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth
- CADAVERA dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.
- CANTRIPA spell or incantation; a trifling magic trick.
- CREDULITYA willingness to believe in someone or something in the absence of reasonable proof; credulousness.
- DOWAGERA widow holding property or title derived from her late husband.
- FISTULAAn abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.
- FRUCTOSEA monosaccharide ketose sugar, formula C6H12O6.
- GESTICULATETo make gestures or motions, as in speaking.
- GOUTAn extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of u
- LACTOSEThe disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C12H22O11, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds.
- MAGNIFYTo praise, glorify (someone or something, especially God).
- MILIEUAn environment or setting; a medium; environs
- PERFIDYA state or act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust.
- PETULANTChildishly irritable.
- PLEXUSA network of anastomosing or interwoven nerves, blood vessels, or lymphatic vessels.
- PONTIFICATEThe status or term of office of a pontiff or pontifex.
- POSITSomething that is posited; a postulate.
- PROXIMALCloser to the point of attachment or observation.
- RADIALArranged like rays that radiate from, or converge to, a common centre.
- REDUCTIVEPertaining to the reduction of a decree etc.; rescissory.
- SANCTIFYTo make holy; to consecrate; to set aside for sacred or ceremonial use.
- SLUICEAn artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow.
- SULFATEAny salt or ester of sulfuric acid.
- UNDULATETo cause to move in a wavelike motion.
- VERITYTruth, fact or reality, especially an enduring religious or ethical truth; veracity.
- VERTIGOA sensation of whirling and loss of balance, caused by looking down from a great height or by disease affecting the inner ear.
- VIRTUE(Discuss this sense) The idea of all that is good or excellent (in every sense of those terms) in a human being, collectively instantiated by a varying number of human traits known
- VOLUMEA three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English me
- VOLUMINOUSOf or pertaining to volume or volumes.
- GRISTLECartilage; now especially: cartilage present, as a tough substance, in meat.
- APOSTLEA missionary, or leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early Christian Church (but see Apostle).
- DISAVOWTo strongly and solemnly refuse to own or acknowledge; to deny responsibility for, approbation of, and the like.
- BRISKETThe chest of an animal.
- WONDROUSWonderful; amazing, inspiring awe; marvelous.
- AEGISA mythological shield associated with the Greek deities Zeus and Athena (and their Roman counterparts Jupiter and Minerva) shown as a short cloak made of goatskin worn on the shoul
- FURTIVEOf a thing: done with evasive or guilty secrecy.
- SHRIFTThe act of going to or hearing a religious confession.
- TWAINtwo
- VALUEThe quality that renders something desirable or valuable; worth.
- MATERNALOf or pertaining to a mother; having the characteristics of a mother; motherly.
- AGEISTUnfairly discriminatory against someone based on their age.
- APHOTICHaving no light, especially no sunlight.
- ATMOSPHERICOf, relating to, produced by, or coming from the atmosphere.
- CATTISHLYIn a cattish manner.
- COWPOKEA cowhand (one who tends free-range cattle)
- DOSHMoney.
- ECTOPLASMA visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead.
- EMBLAZETo kindle; set ablaze.
- EVALUATETo draw conclusions from examining; to assess; to appraise.
- FUNGALOf or pertaining to a fungus or fungi.
- GRUESOMELYIn a gruesome manner.
- MESOPELAGICDescribing the pelagic zone of the ocean between the photic epipelagic and the aphotic bathypelagic zones, characterized by very minimal light.
- OUTPACETo go faster than; to exceed the pace of.
- PETTILYIn a petty manner.
- SEDUCTIVELYIn a seductive manner.
- WHORLEach circle, volution or equivalent in a pattern of concentric circles, ovals, arcs, or a spiral.