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1. zany

Definition--amusingly crazy.
Etymology--Zany comes to us from the Italian zani meaning a buffoon, which comes from Zanni which is a dialectal variant of the name Gianni. Gianni is a familiar form for Giovanni which the Italian form of John.

2. belligerent

Definition- hostile, antagonistic, unfriendly; ready to wage war.
Etymology--From Latin belligerantem, from belligerare (wage war), from belliger (waging war), (bellum: war + gerere: to conduct).

3. terrific

Definition--terrifying or frightful or colloquially marvelous, excellent, or intense.
Etymology--The term terrific is borrowed the Latin terrificus, meaning causing terror or fear. The root is the Latin terrere, meaning to fill with fear.

4.taboo

Definition--anything which is banned or disapproved of by social custom. The act of setting a person or thing apart as sacred, unclean, or cursed.
Etymology--Taboo came into English use around 1780 and was borrowed from Tongan, the language spoken in the South Pacific island country of Tonga. In Tongan, taboo is generally an adjective; using it as a noun and a verb are English innovations.

5. superstition

Definition--a belief in the supernatural effects of something on nature; an irrational fear of that which is unknown.
Etymology--Superstition- from Middle French superstition, from Latin superstitiotonem, meaning fear of the gods.

6. chocolate

Definition--a food product, made from cacao beans, that have been husked, fermented, roasted, shelled, and ground. Often combined with a sweetener or other flavoring and used on its own or as a coating or flavoring for other dishes.
Also refers to a color of a grayish to deep reddish brown to deep grayish brown.
Etymology--Chocolate for the Aztec was xocolatl. The similar Mayan form was xocoatl. The Mexican Indian form that we know, chocolate, comes from a combination of the terms for "foam", choco, and "water", atl. The Aztec term xococ, meaning bitter is also attributed to the derivation.

7. monstrosity
Definition- anything that is frightful or hideous; a grotesque person or object.
Etymology--Monstrosity- a derivative of the word monstrous (unnatural, hideous) which is derived from the Latin monstruosus.

8. frenzy

Definition--A state of wild agitation or excitement, also a mania or craze.
Etymology--Frenzy comes from Middle English frensie, from the Old French and Medieval Latin phrenesia, which is from the Latin phrenesis. Frenzy is a back formation from the Latin phreneticus for frenetic, the adjectival form of frenzy. Phreneticus, meaning delirious, is an alteration of the Greek phrenitikos, meaning an inflammation of the brain.

9. frenzy

Definition--A state of wild agitation or excitement, also a mania or craze.
Etymology--Frenzy comes from Middle English frensie, from the Old French and Medieval Latin phrenesia, which is from the Latin phrenesis. Frenzy is a back formation from the Latin phreneticus for frenetic, the adjectival form of frenzy. Phreneticus, meaning delirious, is an alteration of the Greek phrenitikos, meaning an inflammation of the brain.

10. procrastinate

Definition- to put off doing something; to hestitate; to delay unnecessarily.
Etymology--Procrastinate- borrowed from the Latin procrastinatus, which is the past participle of procrastinate, meaning to put off until tomorrow (pro- forward + crastinus belonging to tomorrow).

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Phonetic demand	Semantic demand	Etymological demand
cat	sign/signature	chronicle
bib	account/accountant	debt
sip	column/columnist	fault
tap	imagine/imagination	language
jet	perform/performance	scissors

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#9. The letter g at the beginning of a word. When does it have a /g/ sound and when does it have a /ĵ/ sound?

/g/	/ĵ/
gynecologist	gypsy
get	gem
give	ginger
garden	gel
girl	giant
gum	geometry
goal	giraffe
graduate	gym
gorilla	gender
great	gerbil

* g has two sounds—hard and soft ( /g/ & /ĵ/. The sound is soft when g is followed by e or i, as in gem or ginger and y, gym and gypsy.The sound is hard when g is followed by a, o, or u, as in garden, gum, or goal.
*There are exceptions such as girl and get. These exceptions pertain to the /g/ not the /ĵ/.
* I believe that this pattern is in relation to the etymology of the word.