2021-12-18

Published: 2021-12-18

Words that I added to Anki on 2021-12-18.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• tectonics
• posit
• deus ex machina
• enrage
• synonymy
• quasi
• subserve
• prod
• pitch-black
• arbitrariness

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tectonics

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• “τέκτων” (téktōn, builder)
• cf. architect
• e.g. plate tectonics

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posit

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• from “positus”, which is the perfect passive participle of pōnō, meaning “I place”

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deus ex machina

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• Latin “deus ex māchinā”

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enrage

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• en + rage

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synonymy

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quasi

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• Latin “quasi” (as if) (obviously the “si” part is “if”)

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subserve

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• sub + serve

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prod

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pitch-black

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_(resin)

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arbitrariness

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• U.S. /ˈɑːr.bə.trer.i.nəs/