hogwash
HAWG-wawsh 
<English
nonsense; insincere talk or writing
mugwump
MUG-wump 
<Natick
one undecided politically; a fence-sitter
amulet
AM-yuh-luht 
<Latin
a charm; something worn to protect against evil
tweezers
TWEE-zuhrzs 
<French
small nippers; pincers
lunule
LOON-yool 
<Latin
a body part suggesting a crescent; the whitish part at the base of a fingernail
blasphemy
BLAS-fuh-mee 
<English<Latin<Greek
profane speech or writing toward God or sacred things; irreverence
adminicle
ad-MIN-uh-kuhl 
<Latin
support; auxiliary [to serve as an ~ of the senate]
hermetically
huhr-MET-ik-lee 
<Latin<Greek mythological name
in an airtight manner [the package is ~ sealed]
lugubrious
luh-GOO-bree-uhs 
<Latin + Ecf
very sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way
quattrocento
kwawt-roh-CHEN-toh 
<Italian
the 15th century, specifically the 15th century period in Italian art and literature