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From the French word "genievre", meaning "juniper," which is the name of the berry which gives this drink its distinctive bitter flavor. | Gin | 75%
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Comes from the Latin "sour wine" and is the best accompanyment of a plate of chips | "Vinum"+"Acer" Vinegar | 71%
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From the Aztec word āhuacatl meaning "testicle". Aside from the similar shape, this fruit is also an aphrodisiacs | Avocado | 58%
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A tough cloth originally manufactured in Nimes, France. "From Nimes" | Denim | 54%
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Italian term for "small ball or pebble." Italian citizens once voted by casting a small pebble into one of several boxes. | Ballot | 50%
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Italian for "about forty", derived from the practice of forcing the crew and cargo of arriving ships to wait for about 40 days at port to prevent the spread of disease | "Quarantina" Quarantine | 50%
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French for Sweden - where leather was first buffed to a fine softness before being sold. | Suede | 46%
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"Hash Addict" The name refers to members of a Muslim sect during the Crusades who used to smoke hashish and then murder leaders of their political oposition | "hashishiyyin" Assassin | 42%
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In the early days of Rome its soldiers were given a handful of salt each day. The salt ration was subsequently replaced by a sum of money referred to as their "salt money" | "Salarium" Salary | 42%
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From Italian "To Arms!" is still used today as a warning. | "all'arme" or Alarm | 38%
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"Bad Air" - from old Italian, as used to describe the fever one supposedly contracted from spending time around the bad air of swamps or bogs. | "Mal"+"Aire" Malaria | 38%
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From the Czech word for "forced labour". In 1923, Karl Capek, a Czech science-fiction writer, wrote a futuristic thriller about a nightmarish scenario in which machines have taken over and implanted circuitry in humans to make them into mindless zombies willing to serve them as workers. | Robot | 38%
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From the Latin for "crossroads" or literally "three streets". Deriving from ancient Roman intersections that would have a kiosk where ancillary tidbits of information were listed. | "Tri"+"Via" Trivia | 38%
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This word for "Mind Control" was named after an 18th / 19th century German physician and researcher of animal magnetism. | Mesmerize or Mesmerism | 33%
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This word translates literally from the Greek word meaning "A ball of string". Current usage derives from the Greek myth of Theseus un-ravelling a ball of string in order to find his way out of a maze. | "Clew" Clue | 17%
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