novelist
NAWV-uh-list 
<Latin
a write of long prose narratives
proven
PROOV-uhn 
<English<French<Latin
has been shown to be true
valence
VAY-luhnts 
<Latin
the degree of combining power of any chemical or radical
scorch
skohrch 
<English<Scandinavian
to burn; to destroy by fire
putative
PYOO-tuh-tiv 
<English<Latin
assumed to have existed; inferred; reputed
embergoose
EM-buhr-goos 
<Norwegian & English + <English
a common loon
antiquity
an-TIK-wuh-tee 
<English<French<Latin
ancient times
sacrosanct
SAK-roh-sangkt 
<Latin
most holy or sacred
scytodepsic
sy-toh-DEP-sik 
<French<Greek
of, or relating to, tanning or leatherwork
sillar
SEEL-yawr 
<Spanish<Latin
building material consisting of large blocks cut from a natural deposit