awkward
AWK-wuhrd 
<English
clumsy; bungling; unwieldy; hard to handle
esteem
e-STEEM 
<English<French
to value highly; to respect
nineties
NYN-teez 
<English
the numbers 90 though 99 inclusive
nowadays
NOU-uh-dayz 
<English
at the present time
fervently
FUHR-vuhnt-lee 
<English<French<Latin
enthusiastically; showing devotion or great warmth of feeling
architrave
AWRK-uh-trayv 
<French<Italian<Latin + <Latin
in a classic building, the beam resting directly on the tops of columns
criminology
krim-uh-NAWL-uh-jee 
<Italian<Latin + <Greek
the scientific study of crime and criminals
conciliate
kuhn-SIL-ee-ayt 
<Latin
to win over; to make friendly; to placate
subboreal
suhb-BOHR-ee-uhl 
<Latin
very cold; approaching the freezing
verruca
vuh-ROO-kuh 
<Latin
a wart; a warty skin lesion