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- ADHERENTAdhesive, sticking to something.
- ADMIXTUREAn instance of admixing, a mixing in of something.
- ADULATETo flatter effusively.
- ADUMBRATETo foreshadow vaguely.
- AGHASTTerrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror.
- AMITYFriendship; friendliness.
- AMYGDULEA rounded mass of secondary mineral found in volcanic rock.
- ASCRIBETo regard as arising from a specified cause or source.
- AURALOf or pertaining to the ear.
- AVAILTo turn to the advantage of. [ with of]
- AVIDITYGreediness; strong appetite.
- AVOWTo declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly.
- BESTIALBeast-like.
- BUTYRICOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of butter
- CHORALOf, relating to, written for, or performed by a choir or a chorus.
- CORPULENTLarge in body; fat; overweight.
- COXALsciatic (relating to the hip)
- CUSPIDA pointed tooth between the incisors and premolars in heterodont mammals.
- DAMNABLECapable of being damned.
- DEBASETo lower in character, quality, or value; to degrade.
- DIREWarning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous.
- DOCILITYThe quality of being docile.
- DOWAGERA widow holding property or title derived from her late husband.
- DUCTILECapable of being pulled or stretched into thin wire by mechanical force without breaking.
- EQUANIMITYThe state of being calm, stable and composed, especially under stress.
- ERMINEA weasel found in northern latitudes (Mustela erminea in Eurasia, Alaska, and the Arctic, Mustela haidarum in Haida Gwaii, Mustela richardsonii in the rest of North America); its d
- EXCELSIORLoftier, yet higher, more elevated; ever upward.
- EXHUMETo dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.
- EXIGUOUSScanty; meager.
- EXPIATIONAn act of atonement for a sin or wrongdoing.
- EXPULSIONThe act of expelling or the state of being expelled.
- EXPURGATETo edit out (incorrect, offensive, or otherwise undesirable information) from a book or other publication; to cleanse; to purge.
- EXSCINDTo cut out.
- EXTINGUISHTo end (something). To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
- FLORIDHaving a rosy or pale red colour; ruddy.
- FRUGAL: Careful or wise in expenditure; avoiding waste.
- FULCRUMThe support about which a lever pivots.
- FULMINATETo make a verbal attack.
- GAOLDated spelling of jail.
- GARRULOUSExcessively or tiresomely talkative.
- GRANDIOSELarge and impressive in size, scope or extent.
- GRAVIDPregnant.
- HIRSUTECovered in hair or bristles; hairy.
- HYMNALA collection of hymns; a hymn book.
- INCHOATERecently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature.
- INHUMETo bury in a grave.
- LACUNAA small opening; a small pit or depression, especially in bone.
- LAXITYThe state of being lax; looseness, lack of tension.
- LOQUITURSpeaks.
- LUXELuxury.
- MAGISTERMaster; sir: a title used in the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a licence from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts.
- MALEFACTIONA crime, an offense, an evil deed.
- MAUDLINThe Magdalene; Mary Magdalene.
- MENDACIOUS(of a person) Lying, untruthful or dishonest.
- OPPILATETo block, to stop up, to obstruct.
- PATEThe head, particularly the top or crown.
- PERILOUSDangerous, full of peril.
- PICAA disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand.
- PONTIFEXA pontiff, state minister, or high priest, in Ancient Rome.
- PREVALENTWidespread or preferred.
- PROBITYIntegrity, especially of the quality of having strong moral principles; decency and honesty.
- PROFUNDITYThe state of being profound; magnitude, gravity, or intensity.
- PROFUSEabundant or generous to the point of excess; copious; volubly expressed.
- PROTUBERANCEA bulge, knob, swelling, spine, or anything that protrudes.
- PUGNACIOUSNaturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent; bellicose.
- QUIREOne-twentieth of a ream of paper; a collection of twenty-four or twenty-five sheets of paper of the same size and quality, unfolded or having a single fold.
- QUOTIDIANHappening every day; daily.
- RECTOThe front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal.
- RECUMBENTLying down.
- REDOLENTFragrant or aromatic; having a sweet scent.
- REGICIDEThe killing of a king.
- SCYTHEAn instrument for mowing grass, grain, etc. by hand, composed of a long, curving blade with a sharp concave edge, fastened to a long handle called a snath.
- SIGNIFYTo create a sign out of something.
- SIMULACRAplural of simulacrum.
- SOLUTEFree; liberal; loose.
- SOPORIFICSomething inducing sleep, especially a drug.
- SQUALORFilthiness and degradation, as from neglect or poverty
- SQUIREA shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
- STRIGILA grooming tool used to scrape away dead skin, oil, dirt, etc.
- SUBALTERNOf a lower rank or position; inferior or secondary; especially ranking as a junior officer, below the rank of captain.
- SUCCOURAid, assistance, or relief given to one in distress; ministration.
- SUPERNALPertaining to heaven or to the sky; celestial.
- SUPINELying on its back.
- THYLACINEA carnivorous marsupial (†Thylacinus cynocephalus) which was native to Tasmania, now extinct.
- TRAGICOMEDYThe genre of drama that combines elements of tragedy and comedy.
- UXORIALOf or pertaining to a wife, or her genes or relatives.
- UXORIOUSVery devoted and possibly submissive to one's wife; showing excessive uxorial devotion.
- VAGABONDA person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
- VAGUSEllipsis of vagus nerve.
- VALEA valley.
- VAPIDOffering nothing that is stimulating or challenging.
- VERSOThe back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal; The left-hand page of a book of a script which reads from lef
- VESICLEA membrane-bound compartment found in a cell.
- VESTIGIALOf or pertaining to a vestige or remnant; like a trace from the past.
- VICARIOUSDelegated.
- VIGILANCEAlert watchfulness.
- VILIFYTo say defamatory things about someone or something; to speak ill of.
- VITRIOLAny of various metal sulphates.
- VOTIVEDedicated or given in fulfillment of a vow or pledge.