waif
wayf 
<English<French
a homeless child; a stray person; a vagrant
foxhole
FAWKS-hohl 
<English + <English
a pit dug in the ground for cover against enemy gunfire
solemnly
SAWL-uhm-lee 
<English<French<Latin
in a serious of grave manner
metaphor
MET-uh-fohr 
<French<Latin<Greek
a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as if it were another
cloture
KLOH-chuhr 
<French
the ending of a legislative debate by having a bill put to an immediate vote
myriads
MIR-ee-uhdz 
<Greek
large numbers
academician
uh-kad-uh-MISH-uhn; ak-uh-duh-MISH-uhn 
<Latin<Greek
a member of an institution of learning; a professor or student
coerce
koh-UHRS 
<Latin
to compel by force; to pressure to act
catarrh
kuh-TAWR 
<French<Latin<Greek
inflammation of the air passages; common cold
mwami
muh-WAWM-ee 
<African name
the native ruler or king of the former colonial territory of Ruanda-Urundi, Africa