counterattack
KOUN-tuhr-uh-tak 
<Latin + <Italian
to use force against an enemy in retaliation for their military action against you
savvy
SAV-ee 
<Portuguese
shrewdness or understanding
filmscript
FILM-skript 
<English + <Latin
a copy of the text of a movie
privy
PRIV-ee 
<Latin
privately informed about [~ to the secret password]
evocative
ee-VAWK-uh-tiv 
<Latin
tending to call forth or summon memories or imagination [~ details of the battle]
galvanic
gal-VAN-ik 
<Italian name
of, or producing, an electric current
referendum
ref-uh-REN-duhm 
<Latin
the submission of a law to the direct vote of the people
duodenum
(doo-oh-DEEN-uhm), (doo-AWD-uhn-uhm) 
<Latin
the first section of the small intestine, below the stomach
violaceous
vy-uh-LAY-shuhs 
<latin
of the color violet
drosometer
droh-SAWM-uh-tuhr 
<French<Greek
an instrument for measuring the weight of dew deposited on a body