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- ABRUPTIONA sudden termination or interruption.
- ACERA plant of the genus Acer; a maple.
- ADIPOSEContaining, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.
- AVARICEExcessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth
- 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
- CAUSALOf, relating to, or being a cause of something; causing.
- CODAA passage that brings a movement or piece to a conclusion through prolongation.
- CONIFEROUSBearing cones, as the pine and cypress.
- COVENA nunnery, a convent.
- CRETINA person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism.
- CUBITThe distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger used as an informal unit of length.
- DELUGEA great flood or rain.
- DENTILAny one of a series of small rectangular blocks projecting like teeth from a molding or beneath a cornice.
- DIRGEA mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a deceased person.
- DOWAGERA widow holding property or title derived from her late husband.
- FEALTYFidelity to one's lord or master; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord.
- FIDUCIARYRelating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees.
- FISSUREA long, narrow crack or opening made by breaking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.
- FOMENTTo incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.
- FUNGISpongy, abnormal growth, as granulation tissue formed in a wound.
- FUNGIBLEAble to be substituted for something of equal value or utility.
- FUNICULAROf, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable.
- GAMUTA (normally) complete range.
- GAOLDated spelling of jail.
- GLUTAn excess, too much.
- GLUTINOUSGlue-like, sticky, viscid.
- GRAILThe Holy Grail.
- GRAVITASSeriousness in bearing or manner; dignity.
- LACUNAA small opening; a small pit or depression, especially in bone.
- LAMENTAn expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.
- LAXITYThe state of being lax; looseness, lack of tension.
- LEVYTo impose (a tax or fine) to collect monies due, or to confiscate property.
- MULLEINAny of a few hundred species of European and Asian plants, of the genus Verbascum, especially that majority that have yellow flowers.
- NEBULAA cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).
- NEXUSA form or state of connection.
- NOXIOUSHarmful; injurious.
- OBLIGATETo bind, compel, constrain, or oblige by a social, legal, or moral tie.
- OBLIVIONThe state of forgetting completely, of being oblivious, unconscious, unaware, as when sleeping, drunk, or dead.
- OCCUPANTA person who occupies an office or a position.
- ODIOUSArousing or meriting strong dislike, aversion, or intense displeasure.
- ORCAA sea mammal (Orcinus orca) related to dolphins and porpoises, commonly called the killer whale.
- PIETYReverence and devotion to God.
- PILLORYA framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.
- PONTIFFA member of the most illustrious of the colleges of priests of the Roman religion, the College of Pontiffs; a pontifex.
- PONTIFICATEThe status or term of office of a pontiff or pontifex.
- PORTENDTo serve as a warning or omen of.
- PRIVYPrivate, exclusive; not public; one's own.
- PRUDEA person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature.
- PRUNUSA type of traditional decoration on porcelain that depicts the leaves and branches of the Chinese plum, Prunus mume.
- PUERILEChildish; trifling; silly.
- REGENTOne who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled.
- RETICENTUnwilling to communicate; keeping one's thoughts and opinions to oneself; reserved or restrained.
- RUCKUSA raucous disturbance and/or commotion.
- RUMINATETo chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the rumen.
- SEDUMAny of various succulent plants, of the genus Sedum, native to temperate zones; the stonecrop.
- SEGUETo move smoothly from one state or subject to another.
- SIGILA seal, signature or signet.
- SILEXFlint.
- SOPORIFICSomething inducing sleep, especially a drug.
- TARDYLate; overdue or delayed.
- TIBIALOf or pertaining to a tibia or a structure associated with a tibia.
- TRIBUNEAn elected official in Ancient Rome, a tribune of the plebs.
- TUTELAGEThe act of guarding, protecting, or guiding.
- VACUITYEmptiness.
- VAUNTTo speak boastfully.
- VERITASTruth, particularly of a transcendent character.
- VIOLAAny of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies.