2021-12-16

Published: 2021-12-16

Words that I added to Anki on 2021-12-16.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• gnawing
• incommensurable
• riposte
• circuitous
• scaffolding
• pertinent
• impressionistic
• causality
• occlude
• subterfuge

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gnawing

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• gnaw: “bite at something persistently” -> “cause persistent distress”
• cf. nag (and gnathology?)

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incommensurable

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notes

• “mēnsūrō” (I measure) from “mētior” (I measure)

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riposte

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notes

• French

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circuitous

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scaffolding

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• figuratively, “a system of support to help a student reach the next level of learning”
• probably partly from Latin “fala” (a tower)

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pertinent

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• cf. pertain

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impressionistic

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causality

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causality

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occlude

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• “ob” + “claudō” (I shut)
• cf. obstacle

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subterfuge

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notes

• Latin “subterfugiō” (I flee secretly)
• “subter” (down below) and “fugio” (“I flee”)
• “subter” <- “sub” + “ter” (forming adverb from adjective (though “sub” is not an adjective))