newscaster
NOOZ-kas-tuhr 
<English + <English
one who describes current events on the radio or television
loam
lohm 
<English
rich soil
fossil
FAW-suhl 
<Latin
any hardened remains of a plant or animal of a pervious geological period, preserved in the earth's crust
partial
PAWR-shuhl 
<English<French<Latin
not complete
syntax
SIN-taks 
(<French or Latin)<Greek
the arrangement of words, phrases and clauses forming sentences
mantilla
man-TEE-yuh; man-TIL-uh 
<Spanish
a woman's scarf, as of lace, worn over the head and shoulders
fastidious
fas-TID-ee-uhs 
<English<French<Latin
not easy to please; oversensitive
macrobiotic
mak-roh-by-AW-tik 
<Greek + Ecf
long-lived; surviving in the dormant state for many years (of a seed)
nonagenarian
nawn-uh-juh-NER-ee-uhn 
<Latin
a person in the 90s
cephalometry
sef-uh-LAWM-uh-tree 
<Greek
the science of measuring the head