knifelike
NYF-lyk 
<English
similar to an instrument with a cutting blade
skirmish
SKUHR-mish 
<Italian<Germanic
a brief fight
wisecrack
WYZ-krak 
<English + <English
a flippant remark
brochure
broh-SHUHR 
<French
a pamphlet
juncture
JUNGK-chuhr 
<English<Latin
a union; a seam; a point in time
semaphore
SEM-uh-fohr 
<Greek
any apparatus for signaling, as with lights or flags
ramulose
RAM-yuh-lohs 
<Latin
having many small branches
palatially
puh-LAY-shuh-lee 
<Latin
in a magnificent, luxurious manner [a yacht ~ furnished]
virgule
VUHR-gyool 
<Latin
a diagonal line used in dates or fractions (/)
latifundia
lat-uh-FUN-dee-uh 
<Latin
great pre-World War I landed estates usually with absentee owners and servile labor