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Give at least 3 examples of German words used in English.

Give at least 3 examples of Latin words used in English.

Give at least 3 examples of French words used in English.

Give at least 3 Spanish words used in English.

What among the choices is a weed?

• dandelion

• marijuana

• saluyot (tugabang)

• spinach (alogbati)

• carabao grass

Give a word that has changed meaning overtime.

"My dad didn't read things like Playboy or National Enquirer. He was a science nerd with a crew cut, plastic pocket protectors, and a bow tie, and the only magazines at our house were Scientific American and National Geographic. I felt more connected to Karen's loud, messy, National Enquirer-reading, Twinkie-eating, Coca-Cola-drinking, station wagon-driving, bust-enhancing household than to my polite, organized, National Geographic–reading, bean sprout, and tofu-serving, mind-improving, VW bus-driving household." (Wendy Merrill, "Falling Into Manholes: The Memoir of a Bad/Good Girl". Penguin, 2008)

"Hey! If any of you are looking for any last-minute gift ideas for me, I have one. I'd like Frank Shirley, my boss, right here tonight. I want him brought from his happy holiday slumber over there on Melody Lane with all the other rich people, and I want him brought right here, with a big ribbon on his head, and I want to look him straight in the eye, and I want to tell him what a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, . . . hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of monkey...he is! Hallelujah!... Where's the Tylenol?" (Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold in "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation", 1989)

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