=sovereign.= This word is taken directly from the French language. It
is connected with the Latin "supremus."
=blinks.= Many English words are made up from the supposed sound or
motion to be represented. Compare _to splash_, _to plump_, _to
quack_, _to throb_, _to swish_.
=suspicious.= From the Latin word "spicere," to look. Compare
_auspicious_, _respect_, _inspect_, _aspect._
=unsophisticated.= This word comes from the Greek "sophistes," meaning
a sophist, that is to say, one who makes a pretence of being wise.
Unsophisticated means one who makes no pretence to be learned.
=umbrella.= This word has come into English from the Italian language.
"Umbra" in Latin means "shade" and Ombrella in Italian means
"little shade."
=extravagant.= From the Latin root "vag," meaning to wander. The word
means "wandering outside" and so "going beyond bounds." Compare
_vagrant_, _vagabond_, _vague._
=explanation.= From the Latin "planus," meaning plain. Compare
_explanatory_, _explain_, _plain_, _plane._
=incantation.= From the Latin "cantare," to chant, something chanted
over a person.
=magician.= From the Greek "magus," an astrologer. Compare _magic_,
_the Magi_, _magical._