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This word came from Italian, which formed it from a Latin word.
Noun
a small round skullcap worn by Roman Catholic ecclesiastics in colors that vary according to the rank of the
wearer.
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Latin
noun
one that kills wasps.
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Tupi -> French
noun
a two-toed sloth
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Latin
noun
the highest point on the upper edge of the helix of the ear.
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Latin -> Spanish
noun
a hot oppressive east wind of the Mediterranean region and especially of the eastern coast of Spain.
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Latin
noun
an inference that follows from a premise.
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8) |
Latin
adjective
producing, saturated with, or containing sodium chloride.
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9) |
Latin
noun
the quality or state of being persistently opposed.
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Latin -> Italian
adverb
with a gradual decrease or slackening in tempo—used as a direction in music.
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Latin
adjective
of or related to boxing
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12) |
Greek
adjective
dividing or marked by division into many parts, branches, or classes.
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Greek
noun
the vertical groove on the median line of the upper lip.
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French -> English
of, relating to, or having the nature of a supreme legislative body of a usually major political unit.
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Greek
noun
bird-watching
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16) |
Latin
adjective
having eyelike spots.
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Latin
noun
a story with a compact and pointed plot.
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18) |
Originally Arabic, this word went into Persian before being adopted by English.
noun
an Arabic script developed about the fifteenth century and characterized by a tendency to slope downward from
right to left.
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Originally German, this word became Yiddish before being adopted by English.
adjective
made of or derived from milk or dairy products.
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Latin -> French -> English
noun
a steward or purveyor especially for a college or monastery.
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Greek -> Latin
of, relating to, or having the characteristics of ceremonial or ritualistic worship.
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Latin
noun
a book of lessons from sacred writings read in a church service.
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23) |
This word came from French, which formed it from a Latin word.
noun
vainglorious boasting.
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Latin
adjective
invoking evil, cursing
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Greek
adjective
of or relating to an Eastern Orthodox sect of mystics or to their solitary meditative mysticism.
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Latin -> Italian -> French
noun
a mirror having attached candle holders.
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This word consists of an element that went from Latin to French plus an English combining form.
adjective
containing representations of leafage.
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Originally Arabic, this word went into French before being adopted by English.
noun
a small European perennial wormwood grown for its pungent aromatic foliage that is used in making pickles and
vinegar.
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Greek
noun
any of several arthropod hormones that in insects trigger molting and metamorphosis.
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30) |
Latin
noun
the quality or state of being easily taught, led, or controlled.
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Latin
noun
a thing voluntarily abandoned or willfully cast away by its owner with the intention of not retaking it and rightly
claimed by the first person who takes possession of it; specifically : a boat abandoned on the high seas.
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French
noun
the art of decorating surfaces by applying cutouts (as of paper) and then coating them usually with several layers
of a finish such as lacquer or varnish.
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This word is from a Greek-derived element of International Scientific Vocabulary plus a Latin-derived French
and German element that is also from International Scientific Vocabulary.
noun
an extremely poisonous salt or ester usually with a more electropositive element or radical.
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This word is from a Greek element plus two Greek elements that passed into the International Scientific
Vocabulary.
noun
a colorless crystalline steroid hormone prepared from adrenal glands of certain domesticated animals or made
synthetically that is usually administered in the treatment especially of rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic fever, and
certain allergic diseases.
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This word came from French, which formed it from a Latin word.
noun
a body of citizens or voters that is entitled to elect a representative to a legislative or other public body.
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36) |
This word is from an originally Greek word that passed into Latin and then French before becoming English.
noun
a writer or compiler of an historical account of facts or events that are arranged in order of time.
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French -> Latin
noun
a hat.
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This word is from a word that went from Turkish to Russian.
noun
a northeasterly wind of gale force in Russia and central Asia usually identified with sandstorms in summer and
blizzards in winter.
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Mexican Spanish
noun
a small spiny cactus of Mexico and the southwestern United States that is sometimes cut into slices and candied.
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Italian geographical name
noun
a sweet-curd semicooked Italian cheese with pungent aroma.
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41) |
Latin
adjective
disposed or disposing to love.
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German
noun
a small dog having a stiff red, gray, or black coat; pointed ears; and bushy eyebrows, chin tuft, and mustache.
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Greek
adjective
regretfully excusing or acknowledging.
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Greek
noun
a science that deals with the study of bacteria and with their relations to medicine, industry, and agriculture.
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Italian
noun
a small rough clay study for a larger sculpture—used especially of baroque sculpture.
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Latin
adjective
done or obtained by trickery or by concealing the truth.
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47) |
Originally Arabic, this word went into Latin before being adopted by English.
plural noun
transverse creases of the skin on the palmar surface of the wrist.
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48) |
Latin
adjective
permanently attached : not free to move about.
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49) |
This word came from French, which formed it from a Latin word.
noun
any military or nonmilitary unit or group of individuals acting or appearing to act in a disciplined, organized, or
united manner.
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Greek -> Latin
adjective
circular or oval in shape.
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