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Answer: C
It is battalion.
Two t's and one l. It comes through French from the Italian battaglione, a body drawn up for battle.
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Answer: A
It is bibliography.
From the Greek biblion, a book - the same root as Bible. Three i's in the first three syllables.
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It is brethren.
The old plural of brother, kept for members of a religious or fraternal body. It is one of the few English plurals formed by a vowel change and an -en ending, like children.
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Answer: B
It is bibliophile.
A lover of books, from biblion and philos. The ending is -phile, not -phil or -philae.
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Answer: D
It is campaign.
The silent g comes from the French campagne, open country - a campaign was originally a season's operations in the field.
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It is cannibal.
Two n's, one l, no final e. The word comes from Caniba, a form of Carib, the West Indian people the Spanish accused of the practice.
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Meaning: Cassette means a sealed plastic unit containing a length of audio tape, videotape, film, etc. wound on a pair of spools, for insertion into a recorder, playback device, or other machine.
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It is caterpillar.
Two l's at the end. The word is probably from the Old French chatepelose, hairy cat.
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It is cavalry.
From the Latin caballus, a horse. It is not to be confused with Calvary, the hill of the Crucifixion - the same letters in a different order.
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It is centigrade.
From the Latin centum and gradus, a hundred steps - the scale of a hundred degrees between the freezing and boiling points of water.
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