stupendous
stoo-PEN-duhs 
<Latin
astonishing; astonishingly great
feathery
FETH-uhr-ee 
<English<Latin
soft and light like the growths covering a bird
anarchy
AN-awr-kee 
<Greek
the absence of government; political disorder and violence
toploftical
tawp-LAWF-tuh-kuhl 
<English
haughty; superior in attitude; snotty
parfait
pawr-FAY 
<French
a frozen ice cream dessert
synapse
SIN-aps 
<Greek
the space between nerve cells through which nerve impulses are transmitted
protean
PROH-tee-uhn 
<Greek mythological name
capable of change; readily assuming different shapes and forms
sombra
SAWM-bruh 
<Mexican Spanish<Latin
the shady side of a bullfight arena
craquelure
kra-KLOOR 
<French
a cracking, as of varnish, color, or enamel, on a work of plastic art
manducatory
MAN-juh-kuh-tohr-ee 
<Latin
relating to, employed in, or adapted for chewing [the ~ apparatus of crustaceans]