![victoriousvocabulary: GRIPULOUS [adjective] grasping; greedy. Etymology: grip (Middle English, from Old English gripe, “grasp” and gripa, “handful”) + -ulous (a suffix occurring in adjectives borrowed from Latin, with the meaning “inclined](https://64.media.tumblr.com/ffac22f56afbf6d979c4748167da7221/tumblr_mzevfidgyE1r47bczo1_500.jpg)
published on: 2014-03-11 05:33:32
![victoriousvocabulary: THALASSOCRACY [noun] dominion over the](http://64.media.tumblr.com/92a402c55408cdffb5a9510415f5a6ff/tumblr_n25vppegoV1r47bczo1_250.jpg)
victoriousvocabulary: THALASSOCRACY [noun] dominion over the
![victoriousvocabulary: DELUGE [noun] 1. a great flood of water;](http://64.media.tumblr.com/043638a13d33aa74f175aa54439f4382/tumblr_mnocu51Sxe1qzqnxxo1_250.gif)
victoriousvocabulary: DELUGE [noun] 1. a great flood of water;
![victoriousvocabulary: GELID [adjective] extremely cold; icy.](http://64.media.tumblr.com/9724dee7853c41f30d49a59259a4e740/tumblr_n19tgz2ULz1r47bczo6_r1_250.jpg)
victoriousvocabulary: GELID [adjective] extremely cold; icy.
![victoriousvocabulary: REGINAL [noun] 1. queen. 2. the official](http://64.media.tumblr.com/dafb34a831747bc994eaf833ebb75484/tumblr_n1yn5d0xHM1r47bczo1_250.jpg)
victoriousvocabulary: REGINAL [noun] 1. queen. 2. the official
![victoriousvocabulary: VETUST [adjective] venerable from antiquity;](http://64.media.tumblr.com/81ffed662b2f3dbe063a2e3aed3f2d67/tumblr_myxxwceIBa1sn3ne4o1_250.jpg)
victoriousvocabulary: VETUST [adjective] venerable from antiquity;
![victoriousvocabulary: PUCELAGE [noun] 1. Archaic: virginity](http://64.media.tumblr.com/e5322fea608bd061f3ab4ef537b992bd/tumblr_mz7khsBZ2u1r47bczo1_250.jpg)
victoriousvocabulary: PUCELAGE [noun] 1. Archaic: virginity