tissuey
TISH-oo-ee 
<English<French
resembling soft, absorbent paper
statesmanlike
STAYTS-muhn-lyk 
<English<French<Latin
marked by wisdom, breadth of view, or diplomacy in government
cacao
kuh-KAY-oh 
<Spanish<Nahuatl
the tropical American seed from which cocoa and chocolate are made
exhume
ig-ZOOM 
<French or <Latin
to dig out of the earth; to disinter
krypton
KRIP-tawn 
<Greek
 a colorless inert gaseous chemical element (symbol Kr)
ptarmigan
TAWR-muh-guhn 
<Scottish Gaelic
a grouse of northern regions
gorgonzola
gohr-guhn-ZOH-luh 
<Italian place name
a blue cheese made of cow's milk
strophic
STRAWF-ik 
<Greek
having the same music for successive stanzas of a song
kerion
KIR-ee-awn 
<Latin<Greek
inflammatory ringworm of the beard and scalp
aleuronat
uh-LUHR-uh-nat 
<German
a flour with a high gluten content