• anisette
    noun
    a colorless sweet liequeur made from aniseed.
  • inculcate
    verb
    to instill via frequent instruction and repition.
  • frontispiece
    noun
    an illustration that faces the title page of a book.
  • treacle
    noun
    a think, dark syrup made from refined sugar; mainly British.
  • diffident
    adj
    shy due to a lack of self-confidence.
  • tussock
    noun
    a compact tuft of grass or sedge.
  • irasicble
    adj
    hot-tempered or easily angered.
  • petrichor
    noun
    a pleasant aroma from the first rain following a dry period.
  • abrogate
    verb
    to abolish via action by an authority.
  • anechoic
    adj
    free from echo or reverb.
  • cordon
    noun
    a line of people or objects preventing passage.
  • manacle
    noun
    a shackle for the wrist, used as a restraint.
  • oeuvre
    noun
    the works of an artists regarded collectively.
  • emoluments
    noun
    a salary or fee from employment or office.
  • suborn
    verb
    to bribe someone to commit an unlawful deed.
  • macadam
    noun
    roadway or pavement with a binder.
  • pallor
    noun
    paleness of the face.
  • crepitus
    noun
    the grating sound from friction between bone and cartilage.
  • chignon
    noun
    a knot of hair worn near the neck.
  • roentgen
    noun
    a unit of ionizing radiation.