tigerish
TY-guhr-ish 
<English<Latin<Greek
sleek, graceful, voracious, ferocious
menacing
MEN-uh-sing 
<English<French
threatening
crescent
KRES-uhnt 
<English<French<Latin
shaped like the moon when it has one concave and one convex side
malady
MAL-uh-dee 
<English<French<Latin
a disease; illness
chinchilla
chin-CHIL-uh 
<Spanish<Quechua
a small rodent of South America with soft, gray fur
arachnid
uh-RAK-nid 
<New Latin
any of a class of arthropods including spiders and scorpions
petticoat
PET-ee-koht 
<English + <French
a woman's under skirt
floppety
FLAWP-uh-tee 
<English
tending to move irregularly to and fro
surveillance
suhr-VAY-luhnts 
<French<Latin
keeping watch over someone; spying
schottische
SHAW-tish 
<German
a round dance similar to the polka