Sanjay's list of useful English words
These are mainly words I did not know the meaning of at some point in time. I probably still don't know exactly what they mean. I have selected these words carefully, including in particular short, meaningful words with interesting etymologies. I prefer short words to long words - they are harder to remember, spell and pronounce.Collected over the course of about 18 years, the words are listed in the order they occurred to me. There may be semantic, acoustic or literary connections between sequential words - or often no connection at all.
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insouciant
nonchalant
sedulously
preclude
obviate
= Stultify (cf stolid)
extradite
hand over to another state
expedite
speed up
expedient
promoter/means/aid
barbiturate
demotic
peoples' writing
hieratic
sacerdotal writing
omentum
roe
truvium
geomancy
divination by geographic lines
trivium
grammar, logic, rhetoric
quadrivium
arithmetic, grometry, music, astronomy
candid
intumesce
etruscan
taciturn
prosaic
banal, mundane
pabulum
intellectual food
scazon
choliamb: "Miser Catulle, :desinas ineptire"
spondee
_ _
pyrrhic
u u
trochee
_ u
iamb
u _
dactyl
_ u u
gerundive
e.g. it's moving
gestalt
epode
end-ode (Horace)
facultative
falx
eduction
draw forth, deduction
chagrin
disappointment, humiliation, vexation
chafe
sedition
incite insurrection
tendentious
partisan, polemic
factious
of conflicting factions, belligerent
factitious
made up i.e. not genuine (fictional = not real)
factitive
transitive verb that makes or changes
fractious
irritable
petulant
irascible, peevish, querulous
umbrage
indignation, (take) offence
altercation
Nugatory
trifling, futile
carping
captious
cavil
carp, trivially fault-finding
Avail
be of use to, n. benefit
revoke
rescind
revile
to speak abuse of
contumelious
insulting, humiliating
contumacious
intransigent, , pertinacious != pertinent
recusant
obstinate refuser (e.g. churchgoing)
recusation
disqualification of judge
obdurate
obturate
obfuscate
parpen
stone dressed both inside and outside wall
recourse
allusion
allegoric
paregoric
camphorated morphine
anodyne
analgesic
theriac
antivenom
panacea
elixir
nostrum
quack medicine
Convalesce
carminative
catholicon
= panacea
electuary
honeyed medication
Salutary
salubrious
poultice
cataplasm, foment, unction
unctuous
adulatory, Plausive
Encomium
approbation
Obsequy
~ fawn
Wan
pallid, sallow, insalubrious
cyrillic
scorbutus
cipolin
Italian white and green marble
tercet
eg haiku, terza rima
dulcet
broma
victuals, aliment
bromide
platitude, trite person
vapid
mundane
theodicy
defence of god allowing evil (Leibniz)
theodolite
telescopic clinometer
tribology
study of friction
brackish
brine-like, e.g. estuary, mangrove
buxom
bruxism
attar
rose / petal oil
découpage
cut-out decoration
quotidian
diurnal
hodiernal
today tense
hesternal
vespertine
active at crepuscule
matutinal
thestreen
?yestere'en
crastinal
tomorrow tense
dilatory
procrastinating
Procrustean
force things to fit an arbitrary iron bed
livery
emblem with heraldry; stables; accoutrement
fluviatile
of rivers
dimity
thin cotton fabric with a stripe of heavy yarn
guilloche
pattern of interwoven lines e.g. border
braid
woven band
plaid
Hessian
burlap (jute, flax), cf hemp
fustian
Frutex
shrub
febrile
fastidious
assiduous, meticulous
plagioclase,
amphibolite
anabasis
military expedition (Xenophon)
antilogy
contradiction in terms
antinomy
contradiction in laws
antimony
Sb
antonymy
!= synonymy
trope
conceit
parataxis
no conjuction
prosopography
biography
prosopopoeia
anthropomorphism or imaginary person acts
ecossaise
Scotch dance
commodious
capacious
conflagrate
deflagrate, immolate
ardour
fervour
isohyet
rainfall
isopleth
any iso-contour
clyster
enema
horrent
bristling
lapicide
stonecutter
itenerant
nomad, vagrant
priapic
Pedicular
of lice
obtrude
thrust upon
obtuse
blunt, unobservant
abstruse
esoteric, arcane
recondite
occult
chaldean
aramaic, soothsayer
clandestine
Cabbalistic
Coterie
clique
caucus
Antipathetic
opposed to
eclogue
pastoral poem
exhort
advise urgently, warn
expostulate
remonstrate, to reason against
inveigh
disapprove vehemently
inveigle
cajole, beguile
goad
impel, coax
chicane
guile, double-bend
Casuistry
sophistry
meretricious
superficial/insincere (L, prostitute)
specious
Cozen
deceive
Brazen
impudent, bold, bodacious
chutzpah
temerity
audacity, insolence
alacrity
zeal, enthusiasm
ebullient
Quixotic
impractical rash chivalry (Cervantes 1605)
gaunt
gavel
(e.g. judge, auctioneer, mason)
gable
skein
wound-up reel/coil, collective n. flying geese
lampoon
satire, lampons! (let us guzzle)
opprobrium
disgrace
Impute
attribute
jilt
egregious
pariah
untouchable
pari
passu ‘with equal pace’, equably
abject
outcast, wretched; contemptible person
abjure
renounce, forswear
abrogate
(leg) repeal
Sublation
deny/contradict (Hegel)
repudiate
reject, disapprove, deny
Decry
derogate, disparage, condemn
deprecate
disapprove of, belittle
impugn
challenge as false
arrant
errant
arraign
(leg) call to answer charge
impeach
reprehend, Delate
chide
admonish
berate
reprove
reprieve
delay punishment
almanac
ephemeris
ephemeral
evanescent
senescent
inimical
equanimity
mental calm
unanimity
enmity
betimes
early (in good time), occasionally
hermetically
bequest
disposition in a will
teal
species of duck, dark turquoise
deference
submission
despot
filigree
fine silverwork
tracery
creosote
=pitch oil
rosin
=colophony
attrition
detritus
qualm
sudden misgiving of conscience
mendicant
beggar
efface
erase
deflagratory
misdemeanour
less than felony
crony
chum
mazarine
deep blue, strainer
mezzanine
entresol
thespian
prerogative
exclusive right/privilege
ergative
subject case of transitive verb (absolutive=subj of intransitive)
emancipate
liberate
catenary
chain, y=cosh(x)
cataclysm
violent upheaval
Catechism
FAQ to teach a doctrine (Luther 1529, Gk indoctrinate)
Ineffable
inexpressible
Effigy
crude monumental representation
posthumous
vantage
(a place conferring) advantage
quip
witty remark
whim
whist
early bridge without bidding
wistful
plaintive
plaintiff
(Law) person bringing suit
caitiff
despicable person
reprobate
suborn
bribe someone to commit crime / falsely testify
connivance
collusion/conspiracy, tacit encouragement to wrongdoing
intestate
without a will
appertain
=pertain
ablative
from case
strophe
first ode; stanza without a regular pattern
pragma
melismatic
acquiescence
tacit assent/compliance
antithesis
balancing 2 phrases of opposite ideas
fasciolar
band of colour, liver fluke
elasmobranch
shark
deject
defunct
oblate
thing offered up (eg communion); oval != prolate
basque
creole
mixed language (pidgin) that becomes native
patois
pidgin/creole
cant
argot; sanctimony
construe
construct meaning/deduce
educe
draw out
plagiarism
paroxysm
hyperbole
litotes
chiasmus
ABBA structure – syntax or meaning
malapropism
confuse words sounding similar
maladroit
inept
adroit
adept
lithe
deft
celerity
speediness
exigency
emergency; demand or requirement intrinsic to a situation
indigent
impecunious, destitute
penury
dearth
privation
=deprivation
polity
state, civilisation
voracity
calcareous
chalky
calcaneus
heelbone
pinnate
feather-shaped
phylogenic
sonority
sorority
!=fraternity
dichotomy
pachytene
(meiosis)
basiliophore
mandelic
of almonds, benzoic aldehyde
arcuate
blithe
jocund
paladin
myrtle
shrub of Venus, similar to periwinkle; dark blue-green
eponym
name from a person
metonym
use of a related word in its place
synecdoche
use of whole instead of part, or vv
epitaph
tombstone inscription
epigraph
quotation at beginning of chapter
epithet
sobriquet, nom de guerre
epigram
terse/curt ingenious saying
epistrophe
=epiphora, repetition of last word in 2 verses/clauses
symploce
simultaneous anaphora+epistrophe
laconic
=pithy, taciturn
aphorism
=apophthegm, adage
aphaeresis
('squire, knife, strewth from god’s truth)
aphesis
('till, bishop from episcopos, gypsy from egyptian) unstressed vowel
anaphora
repetition of first word in 2 sentences; offertory; generalised pronoun phrase
anapaest
u u _
apologue
moral fable
apostasy
deserting your religion/cause
apoplectic
apodosis
apposite
relevant, suited
germane
closely related, akin
craven
pusillanimous
recreant
apostate
aorist
perfective aspect, western languages: preterite
preterition
emphasis by ellipsis
zounds
god’s wounds
holism
whole>sum of parts
pre-eminence
peerless superior
brier
prickly shrub
ostensible
manifold
chamber w many outlets, totality of experience, connected topological space
appraisal
reprisal
retaliation, retribution, seeking redress
fiscal
of the public treasury
municipal
of town/local government (municeps=citizen)
munificence
great generosity (L munus =gift)
adamant
haecceity
thisness (Duns Scotus)
Quiddity
whatness
Pyx
Box bearing communion bread
Pall
shroud over bier etc
Sorrel
spinach-dock; light-brown-orange colour
Morel
honeycombed mushroom
Boreal
north wind
jowl
lower jaw/cheek
ere
erst(while)
former(ly)
fain
glad(ly) != feign
oeuvre
works
denouement
abattoir
phylaxis
eclectic
furanose
funicular
rope-driven
alimony
(former) spouse allowance
nepotism
family favouritism
narcissism
pyrolusite
MnO2
cavalier
gallant horseman; disdainful and haughty
chivalry
system of knighthood; gallant deed; courtesy+ generosity+ valour+ dexterity != churlish
chauvinism
biased zeal to any group esp military (f Napoleon)
apprehensible
comprehendable
offal
prim
emissary
representative on mission; spy
parry
evade a blow
agogic
accent by duration
pedagogical
didactic
rhetoric
suppliant
=supplicant; entreater/beseecher
vexillology
L flag
curare
pith
soft inner part; essence
monolithic
unbroken (column, hull, chip), massive/uniform
rutile
TiO2
putrefacient
of anaerobic decay
putative
L putare=to think
elegiac
=distich, e.g. dactylic 6+dactylic 5. also funeral song
erudite
learned
paean
hymn of thanks/praise
eschatological
doctrine or theology of the end/death
scatological
apodictic
=apodeictic, proven, necessarily true, logically certain
deixis
reference to speaker’s place and time
epideictic
rhetoric designed to demonstrate
daemon
demigod, lurking program
dour
sullen, morose
caul
netting inside hat; greater omentum; amnion
clew
sail corner, ball of thread (Theseus)
extricate
Noesis
Dianoia
= episteme + techne
parochial
extirpate
stirps=root (L)
annexe
adumbrate
to sketch; darken
allochiria
sensation referred to opposite side to skin stimulation
allochthonous
autochthonous
aboriginal; ideas arising independent of train of thought; rocks
allopatric
sympatric
(speciation) In same region, without interbreeding
eidetic
behove(n)
behoof, [it] is needed/fitting for [me to]
incumbent
n. holder of office
incubus
!= succubus
succuss
triturate
epulis
gum hypertrophy
sui
generis nonesuch
nonpareil
funfetti; paragon
grist
grain to be ground for profit [for your mill]
emolument
honorarium (L emolere)
nub
gist
bund
political alliance/league
veranda
porch with portico
mortice
=mortise != tenon
Amortise
liquidate/pay off/write off cost of asset
valence
city S of Lyon
valance
drapery of window, bed, table canopy
pelmet
balustrade
trellis
insurrection
revolt
dilettante
ilk
=the like
cleat
paraclete
holy spirit (Gk advocate)
heteroclite
irregular word
opine
purview
domain, scope
purvey
promulgate
proclaim, publish
noema
shibboleth
group idiosyncracy
olivine
= chrysolite
peridot
perigord
truffle
epidote
picrite
augite
scoria
cinderlike lava
playa
craton
culm
anthracite, coal dust
mote
speck
barbacan
fortified outwork
kine
cows
crone
hag
cuckquean
=female cuckold
heresiarch
ramequin
terrine
=tureen; or contents of one
terrene
earthly
trireme
3 banks of oars
rill
rivulet or its channel
rillette
pate
crown
catharsis
marantic
causing marasmus
Phatic
social/atmospheric speaking
vatic
previse
precognize (clairvoyance)
Precognosce
examine beforehand (Law)
auspicious
propitious for future
halcyon
mythical kingfisher, golden; cf alcyone
augury
sortilege
divination by drawing lots
baleful
portends harm
baneful
pernicious
odious
heinous
macabre
of death
Charnel
sepulchre
listless
langui(sh,d)
hebetude
torpor
oscitant
yawning
bulwark
=rampart, earth wall
epaulement
shoulder deportment
ballon
crennelation
indict
charge, accuse
tetractys
mystic tetrad: triangle in kabbalism, tarot
ecumenical
cosmogonal
empyrean
celestial, zenith (Gk fiery)
choleric
phlegmatic
sanguine
venial
absolvable
exculpate
= exonerate
acrimony
=gall
agrimony
bush with tiny yellow flowers
agrinomy
farm-science
hegemony
domination with implicit consent
megalithic,
heliolithic, monolithic
tutelary
guardian
ukase
edict of czar/dictator
fiat
mandate, ‘let it be done’
Precept
moral injunction, writ
Behest
decree, directive
immanent
cameo
dichromatic relief in gem
redolent
fragrant, reminiscent
inane
behemoth
(in Job) hippopotamus
pergola
= arbour
belie
jin(n)
spirits that appear to man (Islam)
penchant
inclination
declivity
downslope
Proclivity
=propensity
tare
vetch (weed)
flagitious
scandalous
ekphrasis
art about art
fractious
restive
oppugnant
recalcitrant
remit
(n.)
anasarca
dropsical
ague
rigor
deontic
normative
conative
(gram) trying aspect
evince
manifest, demonstrate
samizdat
ignore state censorship (eg Pasternak)
Refulgent
canard
nominal
cartel
ard(our,uous)
(mis)appropriation
propaedeutic
Patrician
Villein
serf, Helot
thrall
peon
Vection
Propension
Forbear
desist
Sagacity
Veracity
Desideratum
Anthropogene
Lagniappe
bonus
inveterate
irredeemable
pietism
(Lutheran)
dithyrambic
bacchus' song
heteronomy
under external control
Elysium
Ontic
Madelynian
= locrian
nadir
!= zenith
Roe/buck
Avatar
Mentate
Fatuous
Winnow
Gravitas
Sententious
Cant(h)aride
aphrodisiac beetle
Obtunded
Doyen(ne)
Caulker
(oakum)
Farrier
Burgeon
patrimony
endowment
rood
swain
levity
probity
indigence
carapace
= cuticle
approbation
repine
Morass
Facund
eloquent
Aureate
= orotund, bombastic, grandiloquent
Prolix,
pleionasm, loquacious, voluble
expatiate
to elaborate in discourse
glib
insincerely genteel
urbane
debonair, congenial
Fomite
Chard
beet
Clomb
climbed
Sedge
rushes
Kirk
church (Scott.)
Shallop
sloop, 1-2 masted boat
eschew
spurn
athanor
alchemical furnace
Vitiate
corrupt, impair, or (Law) invalidate
Diffident
bashful
Demure
coy
Demur
to object (Law)
baulk
Demiurge
=Yaldabaoth, subcreator (Gnostic)
Scarab
dung-beetle or Egyptian amulet
Hypostasis
fundamental essence
Borborygmus
belly rumble
Gnoseology
Docetism
Bible was figurative (Gnostic, 70AD)
Nosology
taxonomy of diseae
Numinous
epiphanic
Fichtian
Specular
mirror-like
Pistil
gynoecium, made of carpel(s), becomes pericarp
Whimsical
Capricious
Diophanous
Titular
plenary
general, tutti
Pleroma
plethora, plenitude
Nimiety
surfeit, Glut
Cloy
decadent
débauché, profligate
epicurean
luxurious food/drink habits
dionysiac
reckless
hoit
indulge in riotous mirth
homily
Exegesis
interpret bible, opposite eisegesis
Theosophy
mystical insight into the divine
Yean
bring forth young (=lamb)
Pantagruelian
gargantuan, != rabelaisian
salacious
ribald, rabelaisian
Beton
Embogue
= disembogue
Opusculum
small opus
Aretaic
(Gk. virtue)
Inculcate
(L calx)
Analecta
anthology
Syncretism
Simulacrum
proairesis
(Arist) moral character
chronotopic
(Bakhtin)
diege(sis/tic)
disquisition
treatise
votary
abnegation
calque
loan word, parallel translation
caulk
paronymous
cognate
subreption
white lie
abeyance
fiducial
apophatic
"god isn’t ..."
Duress
Feral
Romage
Hie
hasten
Primy
Cautel
Chary
wary
dalliance
frivolity, coquetry
Rede
counsel
clepe
Blazon
adorn; promulgate
Hebenon
hemlock? Hamlet
guaiac
from ebony
henbane
contains scopolamine
Posset
syllabub
Tetter
dermatitis
Lazar
Antic
videlicet
viz., namely
Doublet
Gyve
shackle, fetter, manacle
Sere
(ecol.)
Aerie
eagle's nest
Eyas
hawk chick
Garb
attire
Chopine
17thC platform shoes
Gules
red
sable
kolinsky weasel, black (heraldry)
ermine
(stoat)
vair
(squirrel)
cadency
brisures at fess-point
Mobled
hooded
Drab(bing)
khaki
bodkin
awl, marlinspike
scrimshaw
carved ivory
Fardel
bundle
Quietus
settlement; death
Bourn
Orison
Calumny
Traduce, denigrate
Capon
Pajock
=peacock
Noyance
=annoyance
Hent
seize
Pander
Tinct
=tint
Petard
bomb
Gib
Cataplasm
Mazzard
Sexton
Quillet
Kibe
Crant
Meed
= fitting recompense
Impone
Margent
Chough
lapwing
Plover
aught
Lour
rancour
stripling
wis
perjury
~ forswear
malapert
rankle
(a)broach
pierce to open; tool; veer and pitch forward
gimlet
hand drill
malmsey
custard
sop
(mollifier)
pent
= penned
dugs
nonage
incunabulum (cunare L to cradle)
wot
1st pers sgl of ‘to wit’
flout
deride / disparage / show disdain != flaunt
pursuivant
expiate
= atone
whit
whight
attain(t,der)
attinctura, corrupt blood
scrivener
scribe, notary
Lethe
oblivion
prelate
dignitary
peise
weigh
caparison
horse garment
distain
defile
Welkin
firmament
hagiographic
martyrology
Sally
Eglantine
briar
Hamadryad
tree nymph
Linnet
(passerine)
Recidivism
relapse (crime)
Decalage
wing pitch difference
Pelagic
above demersal
benthic
bathyal+abyssal+hadal zones
neritic
sublittoral ocean
limnetic
lake surface
nictate
wink
isopycnal
density contour
piezophile
barophile
Nard
(valerian)
Arcology
Copula
esse
Incipient
Dado
Encyclical
Paronymous
Magnanimity
Pusillanimity
Phronesis
Marionette
Brassic
enthymeme
Sorite
Vicarious
Wrest
Renege
Propitiating
palimpsest
Exigency
Aleatory
alea=dice
Therapsid
Metaconid,
entoconid, hypoconulid, hypoconid, protoconid, protoconule, protocone, metacone, metaconule, paraconid, paracone
Acheron,
cocytus, phlegethon, lethe, styx, eridanos, mnemosyne
Libation
wine-offering / ceremonial drinking
libration
!= nutation != precession
patera
phiale
Rillette
Syllabub
Medlar
like crab apple tree
Stenography
shorthand
Phis
Ocellate
with eye-like markings
Hradchen
Busk
celice
hairshirt
Peignoir
= negligee
Motley
Tachism
post-cubism
Tyros
Cabalistic
Tup
ram
Usufruct
Quorate
Plangent
loud plaintive sound / toll
Calico
= muslin
toile
Vicissitude
contretemps, infelicity
vacillate
Linsay
coarse, incongruous
Crape
black silk
Ell
Soie
Suffra(-nce,
ge)
Tmesis
insertion into word
Polyptoton
repeat same root
antanaclasis
pun on repeated word
foreclose
conative
desinence
nunation
arabic noun modifier
catabibazon
symplectic
gruppenpest
cohomology
escrow
broker disbursement account
Suzerainty
Sturt
diaspora
adicity=arity
asterism
cathexis
emotional investment
arugula
mammon
octavo
cataphract
syntagm
hylomorphic
substance=matter+form
beset
manciple
storekeeper
gadfly
magnate
succedaneum
diaeresis
cowl+scapular=habit
panoply
chthonic
aboriginal
hebephrenic
dervish
miasma
mephitis
spontoon
half pike
glaive
halberd
pauldron
burgonet
garniture
armet
sallet
gadroon
quaich
burin
mazer
mediaeval cup
pnictide
P/N/As/Sb/Bi
alizarin
madder lake
shellac
borax
rotogravure
intaglio
negative relief printing
mirative
!
Injunctive
intending subjunctive
alethic
modal (logic)
velleity
weak desire
solidus
= virgule /
repoussé
hammered design
niello
inlaid alloy
Damascening
inlaid
damask
silk; reversible pattern
larceny
(leg)
exclave
geog
sece(de/ssion)
withdraw from alliance
polypeton
6-polytope
polyptoton
e.g. “the withering of withered flowers”
brusque
blunt/rough
trenchant
cutting
acerbic
=astringent, vitriolic, acrid, mordant
asperity
austerity
ascetic (trappism), frugal != prodigal
Spartan
tarta(r,n)
parsimony
husbandry
thrift
shrift
dirigible
enjambment
anathema
bête noire
mores
brythonic
garret
gabion
arris
Arras
drape
arête
chamfer
Crinoline
Aplomb
ballet: poise, equanimity
squib
high brisance
otiose
anethole
noogony
pure empiricist epistemology
borstal
detention centre
desultory
jumping about, unavailing, supercilious
Inchoate
incipient, nascent
Anomie
normlessness (durkheim)
Recant
Curmudgeon
gerrymander
caliginous
misty
etiolation
emaciation; chlorosis
limpid
(lymph) (pel-)lucid
diaphanous
gossamer, chiffon
cynosure
magnate, scintillating
imbricate
overlapping
propinquity
blood-relatedness
lambent
radiant
sinecure
low responsibility, high pay (sine cura)
syzygy
conjunction
mondegreen
amusing mishearing
piñata
(mexican gifts)
votive
avowed
defixio
curse tablet
aestivation
!=hibernation
prate
entelechy
actualisation
truculent
apotheosis
epitome, quintessence, paradigm, archetype
ersatz
!=echt
congeries
elenctic
foist
midden
of shells, sherds, debitage
tumulus
=barrow, inhumation cairn
testudine
Squab
Spatchcock
v introduce inappropriately
Hominy
dried maize
Pillory
stocks
Remex,
rectrix fr. L. rower, helmsman
Rufous
Crissum
Tine
(fork)
Gurnard
Pollock
Girolle
Aureola
=mandorla
Amortized
Lytr(on,
ic) rational monetary policy
Authalic
=equal area
Authylic
hyle
Ponderal
!= numeral
Chartal
independent of physical value
Specie
=coin
Agio
premium on money
Loculicidal
!=septicidal dehiscence
Surcease
end
Accoutrement
extra apparel
appurtenance
accessory
Beignet
fritter
Neroli
!=bergamot, contains linalool
Cassia
Subpoena
burgeon
bud
rankle
hurt
proleptic
retroactive
phreatic
(aquifer) !=vadose
denizen
inhabitant
zeugma
syllepsis
coracle
for sculling
semelparity
e.g. monocarpy
aspertus
cf incus, mammatus (cloud)
geminate
-mm-
petrichor
smell of rain
tholin
nitrogenous heteropolymer
gyn
cathexis
(Freud) Besetzung, retention
mortido
accueil
welcome
filbert
hazelnut
aril
seed outgrowth
vervain
verbena
tansy
golden buttons
scrip
temporary currency
speleology
karst
alazon
braggart
shill
stooge
grift
con
obverse
(tails)
elan
verve
comminate
imprecate
execrate
deprecate
interdict
proscribe
verdigris
copper patina
pulluate
proliferate
escutcheon
!= lozenge !=cartouche
lien
in loan: security right
epicene
androgynous
quodlibet
mashup
emic
!= etic
internecine
mutually detrimental
agnate
patriarchally related
retinue
cortege
portly
corpulent
solecism
faux pas
analemma
(astron.)
redan
~=redoubt
fink
spy, traitor, blackleg
bilk
defraud
descry
espy
mulatto
deign
refuse
dragee
comfit
salsify
(forb)
borage
starflower
hormesis
biphasic response
slub
twist yarn
roke
mist
riparian
by the river
inure
habituate
immure
moiety
geis
Ir. hex, pl. geasa,= W. tynged
elenctic
Socratic, != deictic
apor(-ia,
-esis) perplexity, impasse
curlicue
= arabesque voluted acanthus
spall
shrapnel
gantry
prepossessing
alluring
lurid
fungible
homogeneous, !=liquid
redound
contribute greatly (re+undare = overflow)
treen
(of tree)
dado
e.g. wainscot
doggerel
blank/nonmetric
paronym
sinecure
L. sine cura
berm
groyne
panicle
(inflorescence) compound raceme
thyrse
cymose panicles
thyrsus
Bacchus's sceptre
umbel
stellate raceme
ament
=catkin
rowan
=service tree
cachet
(philately)
feint
=feigned
ullage
dead space / buffer
maudlin
mawkish, bathetic