preshrink
pree-SHRINGK 
<English
to subject a yarn or fabric to contracting during manufacture
avenge
uh-VENJ 
<Latin
to get revenge
zodiac
ZOH-dee-ak 
<Greek
an imaginary belt in the heavens extending on either side of the apparent path of the sun and divided into twelve equal parts, or signs, named for constellations
diagnosis
dy-uhg-NOH-suhs 
<Greek
deciding the nature of a disease by examination and analysis
escalate
ES-kuh-layt 
<Latin
to increase rapidly; to expand step by step
gatherum
GATH-uhr-uhm 
<Latin
a collection of miscellaneous items
spittoon
spi-TOON 
<English
a cuspidor; a container to spit into
ophryon
AWF-ree-awn 
<Latin<Greek
a craniometric point in the median line of the forehead above the eye sockets
slanchwise
SLANCH-wyz 
<Greek
diagonally, and usually so as to face something [turned ~ to watch the clouds]
axiology
aks-ee-AWL-uh-jee 
<Greek
the study of values, as those in ethics, aesthetics, and religion