pollute
puh-LOOT 
<English<Latin
to make unclean or impure
character
KER-ik-tuhr 
<Latin<French<Greek
a person in a play or novel
croquet
kroh-KAY 
<French
a lawn game in which players use mallets to drive a ball through hoops in the ground
obstinate
AWB-stuh-nuht 
<English<Latin
stubborn
einkorn
YN-kohrn 
<German
a one-grained wheat
indigenous
in-DIJ-uh-nuhs 
<Greek
existing or growing naturally in a region; native
saffron
SAF-ruhn 
<English<French<Latin
a plant with orange stigmas used in dyes and flavorings
grotto
GRAW-toh 
<Italian<Latin
a cave
marzipan
MAWRZ-uh-pan 
<German<Italian
a candy of crushed almonds, sugar and egg whites
bimillenary
by-MIL-uh-ner-ee 
<Latin
a period of 2000 years; a 2000th anniversary