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- ABHORTo regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward.
- ADHESIONThe ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
- ADRENALPertaining to the adrenal glands (suprarenal glands), their secretions, or the function derived therefrom.
- ALACRITYEagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm.
- AMATEURISHSuggesting or reflecting the efforts of an amateur; not seeming professional or polished.
- AMBIVALENTSimultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, motivations, or meanings.
- AMOEBICRelating to, or caused by an amoeba.
- AVOCATIONA calling away; a diversion.
- BEATIFICBlessed, blissful, heavenly.
- BITUMENA sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum, burning with a bright flame. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of th
- BOTULISMPoisoning caused by the toxin from Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that grows in improperly prepared food.
- BUBONICOf or pertaining to buboes.
- CAVALIERLacking the proper care or concern for something important, reckless, rash, high-handed.
- CAVILTo criticise for petty or frivolous reasons.
- CELEBRATIONThe formal performance of a solemn rite, such as Christian sacrament.
- CERULEANA greenish-blue color.
- CONFABULATETo speak casually with; to chat.
- CORONALRelating to a crown or coronation.
- CORTICALPertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.
- CREDULITYA willingness to believe in someone or something in the absence of reasonable proof; credulousness.
- CUPULAA cup-shaped or dome-shaped object.
- CUTICLEThe outermost layer of the skin of vertebrates.
- DEBASETo lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
- DELICATEEasily damaged or requiring careful handling.
- DENIGRATETo criticize so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
- DERELICTIONWillful neglect of one's duty.
- DERIVATIONA leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
- DIURNALHappening or occurring during daylight, or primarily active during that time.
- DIVERTICULUMA small out-pouching of an organ wall such as the large intestine or urinary bladder.
- DOYENA commander in charge of ten men.
- DUALISMDuality; the condition of being double.
- DUCTILECapable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking.
- DUPLICATIVEOf, related to, or being a duplicate.
- EDUCETo direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction.
- ELIDETo leave out or omit (something).
- EXCORIATETo remove the skin and/or fur of, to flay, to skin.
- EXHUMETo dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.
- EXIGENTUrgent; pressing; needing immediate action.
- EXPIRATIONAn act, process, or instance of expiring. The act or process of breathing out, or forcing air from the lungs through the nose or mouth.
- EXPLICITVery specific, clear, or detailed.
- FACTORIALThe result of multiplying a given number of consecutive integers from 1 to the given number. In equations, it is symbolized by an exclamation mark (!). For example, 5! = 1 × 2 × 3
- FAMISHEDsimple past and past participle of famish
- FIDUCIARYRelating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees.
- FIGMENTSplural of figment
- FISTULARTubelike; resembling a hollow cylinder.
- FISTULOUSOf or pertaining to a fistula.
- FOETIDAlternative spelling of fetid.
- FORMICOf or pertaining to ants.
- FUNICULAROf, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable.
- FUSILEThat can be melted; meltable
- FUTILITYThe quality of being futile or useless.
- 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
- GLADIUSA Roman sword roughly two feet long.
- GRADIENTA slope or incline.
- GRAVIDPregnant.
- GRAVITASSeriousness in bearing or manner; dignity.
- INCHOATERecently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature.
- INDULGENCESplural of indulgence
- INDULGENTDisposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or yield to one's own or another's desires, etc., or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing.
- INVOLUTEDifficult to understand; complicated.
- LABIAThe folds of tissue of the vulva, at either side of the vulval vestibule.
- LAMPREYAny long slender primitive eel-like freshwater and saltwater fish of the order Petromyzontiformes, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth but no jaw.
- LEVITYA lightness of manner or speech, frivolity; flippancy; a lack of appropriate seriousness; an inclination to make a joke of serious matters.
- LINOLEUMAn inexpensive waterproof covering used especially for floors, made from solidified linseed oil over a burlap or canvas backing, or from its modern replacement, polyvinyl chloride.
- LUXATEDsimple past and past participle of luxate
- MENDACIOUS(of a person) Lying, untruthful or dishonest.
- MENSURATETo measure absolutely the height, latitude and longitude of a point on the earth.
- MEPHITICFoul-smelling or noxious, particularly of a gas or atmosphere.
- MONASTICOf or relating to monasteries or monks.
- MUCILAGEA thick gluey substance (gum) produced by many plants and some microorganisms.
- MUCILAGINOUSOf or pertaining to mucilage; of, pertaining to, or resembling mucus; slimy and viscous.
- OBVIATEDsimple past and past participle of obviate
- OCCUPANTA person who occupies an office or a position.
- OVOIDShaped like an oval.
- PACIFIEDsimple past and past participle of pacify
- PETULANCERudeness, insolence.
- PIECEWORKAlternative form of piece work.
- POIGNARDAlternative form of poniard.
- PROBATIVETending to prove a particular proposition or to persuade someone of the truth of an allegation.
- PROLIFICFertile; producing offspring or fruit in abundance, applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.
- PUGILISMFighting with fists.
- PUGILISTOne who fights with their fists, especially a professional prize fighter; a boxer.
- PUISSANTPowerful, mighty, having authority.
- PUSTULEA small accumulation of pus in the epidermis or dermis.
- QUOTIDIANHappening every day; daily.
- RAPACIOUSVoracious; avaricious.
- RAPINEThe seizure of someone's property by force; pillage; plunder.
- RECANTTo withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.
- REDACTTo censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while leaving the remainder.
- REGALIARoyal rights, prerogatives and privileges actually enjoyed by any sovereign, regardless of his title (emperor, grand duke etc.).
- REVULSIONAbhorrence, a sense of loathing, intense aversion, repugnance, repulsion, horror.
- RIVULETA small stream; a streamlet; a gill.
- ROTAA schedule that allocates some task, responsibility or (rarely) privilege between a set of people according to a (possibly periodic) calendar.
- RUMINATETo chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
- SIGILA seal, signature or signet.
- SINGULARITYThe state of being singular, distinct, peculiar, uncommon or unusual.
- TEMERITYReckless boldness; foolish bravery.
- TENACIOUSClinging to an object or surface; adhesive.
- TITULARITYThe quality of being titular.
- TRUCKLEA small wheel; a caster or pulley.