blockhead
BLAWK-hed 
<English<French<Dutch + <English
a stupid person
tariff
TER-if 
<Italian<Arabic
a system of taxes on exports or imports
stockade
staw-KAYD 
<Spanish<Germanic
a barrier of stakes driven into the ground side by side, for defense
glowworm
GLOH-wuhrm 
<English + <English
wingless, luminescent female or larva of a firefly
precarious
pree-KER-ee-uhs 
<Latin
risky
gorgonize
GOHR-guhn-yz 
<Greek mythological name
to have a paralyzing or mesmerizing effect upon; to stupefy; to petrify
sconce
skawnts 
<English<French<Latin
a wall bracket for candles
adolescence
ad-uh-LES-uhnts 
<English<French<Latin
youth; the time between puberty and maturity
covinous
KUV-uh-nuhs; KOHV-uh-nuhs 
<English<French<Latin
conniving; fraudulent
rhododendron
roh-duh-DEN-druhn 
<Latin<Greek
a tree or shrub with pink, white, or purple flowers