cleave

(kleev)

verb tr., intr.:
1. To split or divide. (past tense: clove or cleft or cleaved; past participle: cloven or cleft or cleaved)
2. To stick, cling. (past tense and past participle: cleaved)

Sense 1: From Old English cleofan. Ultimately from the Indo-European root gleubh- (to tear apart) that is also the source of glyph, clever, and clove (garlic). And that's also where cleavage, cleft palate, and cloven hooves get their names from.
Sense 2: From Old English cleofian.

"It now looks as though technology has cleaved the society into two."
Isshaq Jumbe; Password Headache in A Fast-moving World; Business Day (Nairobi, Kenya); Sep 25, 2008.

"After that debate, those who loathe Mrs Palin will still loathe her; those who cleave to her will find no new reason to be repelled."
Janice Turner; Why I Love This Candy-covered Ball of Granite, Sarah Palin; The Times (London, UK); Oct 4, 2008.

barrack

(BAR-uhk, the first syllable is the same as in barrel)

verb tr., intr.: 1. To shout in support: to cheer. 2. To shout against: to jeer.
noun: A building used to house soldiers.

The verb sense of the word is perhaps from Northern Ireland dialectal barrack (to brag).
The noun sense is from French baraque, from Italian baracca or Spanish barraca (hut, tent).

"Raphael Clarke said: Every kid wants to play for the team they barrack for."
Lyall Johnson; Clarkes Praise the Saints; The Age (Melbourne, Australia); Nov 23, 2003.

"During the debate, then Socred leader Rita Johnston and NDP leader Mike Harcourt were barracking away at each other about corruption."
Ross Howard; TV Debate; The Globe and Mail (Toronto, Canada); May 16, 1996.

continuance

(kuhn-TIN-yoo-uhns)

noun:
1. The state of continuing: remaining in the same place, action, etc.
2. An adjournment of a court proceeding to a future day.

From Anglo-French continuer, from Latin continuare, from continere (to hold together), from com- (together) + tenere (to hold).

"There is abundant room for more aggressive fiscal policies, continuance -- if not expansion -- of credit, and domestic growth in consumption."
Slower Boat From China; The Economist (London, UK); Oct 20, 2008.

"Attorney Kevin Camp asked for a continuance earlier this month due to conflicting court dates in other districts."
Law Enforcement Briefs; The Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Mississippi); Oct 20, 2008.