1. Etymology(n): derives from the Greek word etumos, meaning “true.

The practice of etymology is uncovering the truth by tracing the root of a word.

2. Quarantine(n):
Meaning: to be under isolation especially for health reasons (example: The patient is having a
quarantine)
Origin: from Italian quaranta giorni, literally "space of forty days,"
Earlier in English the word meant "period of 40 days in which a widow has the right to remain in
her dead husband's house" (1520s), and, as quarentyne (15c.), "desert in which Christ fasted for
40 days," from Latin quadraginta "forty."

3: phantom (adj.)

Meaning: something apparently sensed but having no physical reality;

Example: seemed to hear faint phantom bells

ORIGIN:1300BC, fantum, famtome, "illusion, unreality; an illusion," senses now obsolete, from Old
French fantosme (12c.),

from Vulgar Latin *fantauma,

from Latin phantasma "an apparition,"

from Greek phantasma "image, phantom, apparition; mere image, unreality,"

4. quail:/kw,ai,l/irregular noun
Meaning: a small brown bird
sentence: A quail was in the nest.
Origin: French

5. Rye: /rai/ irregular noun

Meaning: a type of grain used in baking
sentence: Bread made with rye tastes different to wheat.
Origin: German

6. quiche:/ki:sh/noun
Meaning: a pie made with eggs
sentence:We made the quiche with lots of eggs.
Origin:French
7. Gnaw: /no:/ verb

Meaning: to bite or chew something repeatedly

Sentence: My dog loves to gnaw on bones.

Origin:German

8. Exterminate:/ekstə:mineit/ verb
Meaning: to destroy or kill completely
Sentence: Our efforts to exterminate the cockroaches have failed.
Origin: Latin

9. Quarrelling: /kworəlin/
Meaning: arguing angrily
Sentence:The quarrelling students were sent to detention.
Origin: Latin
10. orchestra: /o:kistrə/noun
Meaning: a large group of musicians who play many different instruments together and are led
by a conductor
Sentence: She played the violin in the school orchestra.
Origin: Greek
11. Fatigue: /fəti:g/noun
Meaning: extreme tiredness
Sentence: She was suffering from the fatigue after the long hike.
Origin: French
12. Limousine: noun
Meaning: a large, expensive car often driven by a paid driver
Sentence: The bride and groom hired a limousine for their wedding day.
Origin: French
13. separate: /ˈseprət/
Meaning: forming a unit by itself; not joined to something else
Sentence: Write a list of names on a separate piece of paper.
Origin: from Latin separatus
14. nidicolous: /nīˈdikələs/ adjective
Meaning: birds remaining in the nest for a time after hatching
Sentence: The nestlings are nidicolous, they remain in the nest initially, weighing at birth and
gaining, on average, a day.
Origin: from Latin nīdus nest + colere to inhabit
15. definitely: /defɪnətli/ adverb
Meaning: a way of emphasizing that something is true and that there is no doubt about it
Sentence: I definitely remember sending the letter.
 Origin:Definitely is first recorded in English around the early 1580s. It is a combination of the
adjective definite (meaning “clearly defined, precise, exact” or “positive, certain, sure”) and the
suffix –ly, which makes adverbs out of adjectives.
16. manoeuvre: noun /mənuːvə/
Meaning: a movement performed with care and skill
Sentence: You will be asked to perform some standard manoeuvres during your driving htest.
Origin: mid 18th cent. (as a noun in the sense ‘tactical movement’): from French manœuvre
(noun), manœuvrer (verb), from medieval Latin manuoperare from Latin manus ‘hand’ + operari
‘to work’.
17. parallel: adjective /pærəlel/
Meaning: very similar or taking place at the same time. two or more lines that are parallel to
each other are the same distance apart at every point.
Sentence: The road and the canal are parallel to each other.
Origin: from French parallèle, via Latin from Greek parallēlos, from para- ‘alongside’ + allēlos
‘one another’.
18. liquefy: verb /ˈlɪkwɪfaɪ/
Meaning: to become liquid; to make something liquid
Sentence: The cheese had liquefied so we poured it over the bread.
Origin: from French liquéfier from Latin liquefacere ‘make liquid’, from liquere ‘be liquid’.
19. entrepreneur noun /ɒntrəprənɜː/
Meaning: a person who makes money by starting or running businesses, especially when this
involves taking financial risks
Sentence: A creative entrepreneur, he was continually dreaming up new projects.
Origin: from French, from entreprendre ‘undertake’, based on Latin prendere, prehendere ‘to
take’.
20. questionnaire noun /kwestʃəˈneə/
Meaning: a written list of questions that are answered by a number of people so that
information can be collected from the answers.
Sentence: Local companies were asked to complete a questionnaire about their exports.
Origin: late 19th cent.: from French, from questionner ‘to question’.
21. supersede: verb /suːpəsiːd/
Meaning: to take the place of soething/somebody that is considered to be old-fashioned or no
longer the best available
Sentence: The theory has been superseded by more recent research.
Word Origin
late 15th cent. (in the sense ‘postpone, defer’): from Old French superseder, from Latin
supersedere ‘be superior to’, from super- ‘above’ + sedere ‘sit’. The current sense dates from
the mid 17th cent.
22. consensus: noun /kənsensəs/
Meaning: an opinion that all members of a group agree with
Sentence: There now exists a broad political consensus in favour of economic reform.
 Origin: mid 17th cent.: from Latin, ‘agreement’, from consens- ‘agreed’, from the verb
consentire.
23. occurrence: noun /əkʌrəns/
Meaning:something that happens or exists
Sentence: Vandalism used to be a rare occurrence here.
Origin: probably from the plural of archaic occurrent, in the same sense, via French from Latin
occurrent- ‘befalling’, from the verb occurrere ‘go to meet, present itself’, from ob- ‘against’ +
currere ‘to run’.
24. embarrass: verb /ɪmbærəs/
Meaning: to make somebody feel shy, uncomfortable or ashamed, especially in a social situation
Sentence: The speech was deliberately designed to embarrass the prime minister.
Origin:from French embarrasser, from Spanish embarazar, probably from Portuguese embaraçar
(from baraço ‘halter’).
25. Milieu: noun /milju:/
Definition: the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops; environment,
setting.
Sentence: Comedy is satirical to our social milieu.
Origin: This word went from Latin to French.