scenic
SEEN-ik 
<Greek
having a beautiful landscape
birdie
BUHRD-ee 
<English
a score of one stroke under par on a hole in golf
decompose
dee-kuhm-POHZ 
<French
to break up into basic parts; to rot
trammel
TRAM-uhl 
<Latin
something that confines or restrains
deployment
dee-PLOI-muhnt 
<Latin
the strategic placing of military forces
extraneous
eks-TRAYN-ee-uhs 
<Latin
not pertinent; irrelevant
altiplano
al-tuh-PLAYN-oh 
<American Spanish
tableland; a high plateau or plain 
herpetology
huhr-puh-TAWL-uh-jee 
<Greek
a branch of biology dealing with reptiles and amphibians
catastasis
kuh-TAS-tuh-sis 
<Greek
the dramatic complication immediately preceding the climax of a play
potentiometer
poh-tench-ee-AWM-uh-tuhr 
<ISV
an instrument for the precise measurement of electromotive forces by which a part of the voltage to be measured is balanced against that of a known electromotive force and computed therefrom by the law of fall of potential