birdie
BUHRD-ee 
<English
in golf a score of one less than par on a hole
playwright
PLAY-ryt 
<English + <English
a writer of drama
weevil
WEE-vuhl 
<English
a beetle whose larvae feed on grain or cotton
menial
MEE-nee-uhl 
<English<Latin
fit for servants; of low status; not requiring special skill
deposition
dep-uh-ZISH-uhn 
<Latin
testimony taken down in writing under oath
besmirched
bee-SMUHRCHT 
<English
sullied; spoiled; tarnished; stained
mole
MOH-lee 
<American Spanish<Nahuatl
a highly spiced sauce made principally of chili and chocolate
dyslexia
dis-LEKS-see-uh 
<Greek
impairment of the ability to read
plethora
PLETH-uh-ruh 
<Greek
an excess; an overabundance
sesquipedalian
ses-kwuh-puh-DAYL-yuhn 
<Latin
having many syllables; long