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KAN-suhl 
<English<French<Latin
to deface a postage stamp with a set of inked lines, a post mark, or a series of slits or cuts
patriotism
PAY-tree-uh-tiz-uhm 
<French<Latin<Greek + Ecf
love for or devotion to country
folksiness
FOHK-see-nuhs 
<English
the quality of being down-to-earth, friendly, casual, and sociable
strafe
strayf 
<German
to attack with machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft
asterisk
AS-tuhr-isk 
<Latin<Greek
a star like sign (*) used in printing to mark footnotes
cholesterol
kuh-LES-tuh-rawl 
<ISV<(Greek + Greek)
a crystalline alcohol found especially in animal fats, blood, nerve tissue, and bile
codicil
KAWD-uh-suhl 
<French<Latin
an addition to a will
chirography
ky-RAWG-ruh-fee 
<Greek
handwriting; penmanship
vexillary
VEK-suh-ler-ee 
<Latin
a standard bearer
chinoiserie
sheen-wawz-uh-REE 
<French
a style in art or decorating that reflects Chinese artistic qualities or motifs