obscure
obfuscate
ob- + fuscare + -ate, Latin for dark
flagrant
flagre (french, fire)
zephyr
zephyros (greek, west)
hypertension
hyper- (high, Greek), + TENSION (english term)
moraine
morena (French, steep)
arcane
arcanus (Latin, mysterious)
flagitious
flagitium (Latin, shameful thing)
derecho
directus (direct, Latin)
palliative
palliatus (Late Latin, prevention)
chasma
What is a canyon?
hermetical
Hermes (Greek, messenger)
ignominious
ignominieux (french, evil)
mistral
(mest-, Spanish, middle)
chalicosis
What is an inhalation of coal dust?
promontory
prominere (Latin, jutting)
Delphic
Delphi (Greek, city name famous for complex architecture)
opprobrious
ob + probrare (Latin, an insult)
sirocco
sciroc (Italian for warm)
ichthyophthirius
ichthys (Greek, fish) + phthirein (Greek, destroyer)
jetty
gété (to jut, French dialectal)
fuliginous
fuli- (sooty, Latin) + -ginous (containing, Greek)
louche
luscus (Latin, cross-eyed, devious)
foehn
föhn (german for blizzard)
cheiropompholyx
What is a skin disease?
ejecta
ex- (Latin, out)+ ject- (Latin, coming from)