humble
HUM-buhl 
<Latin
modest; showing consciousness of one's shortcomings
melba
MEL-buh 
<Australian name
fruit served with ice cream
nether
NETH-uhr 
<English
lower; under
beige
bayzh 
<French
grayish tan
nebbish
NEB-ish 
<Yiddish
a timid, meek, or ineffectual person
gregarious
gruh-GER-ee-uhs 
<Latin
fond of the company of others; sociable
algorithm
AL-guh-rith-uhm 
<Arabic
any systematic method for solving a particular kind of mathematical problem
dreidel
DRAY-duhl 
<Yiddish
a four-sided top marked on each side with a Hebrew letter and used as a toy during the Hanukkah festival
wasabi
WAWS-uh-bee 
<Japanese
a horseradish-like Japanese herb
sassafras
SAS-uh-fras 
<Latin
a small tree, the bark of the root of which is used as a flavoring