2021-12-19

Published: 2021-12-19

Words that I added to Anki on 2021-12-19.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• woof
• rote
• charade
• presage
• permute
• nucleotide
• string
• circumscribe
• sheer
• tyrant

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woof

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notes

• plural, woofs (not wooves, see https://koki-yamaguchi.github.io/2021/12/03/flew-or-flied.html)

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rote

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notes

• esp. in form “rote learning” or “by rote”
• from Latin “rota” (wheel)

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charade

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notes

• “a team game in which each member tries to communicate to the others a particular word or phrase that they have been given, by expressing each syllable or word using silent actions”
• -> “something regarded as resembling a charade (game)”
• -> “an act or event that is clearly false”

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presage

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• Latin praesāgiō (I forebode)
• “prae-“ + “sāgiō” (I perceive)

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permute

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• Latin “permūtō”
• cf. permuitation

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nucleotide

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• ヌクレオチド

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string

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• “to put a string through a number of objects”

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circumscribe

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• Latin “circum-“ (around) + “scrībō” (I write).
• “to draw a line around” -> “to limit something”

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sheer

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tyrant

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• Ancient Greek τῠ́ρᾰννος (absolute ruler)
• cf. tyrannosaurus, tyranny