2022-01-13

Published: 2022-01-13

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-01-13.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• ward off
• cadre
• raid
• interdiction
• insurgency
• curtail
• infiltrate
• psywar
• bulwark
• thalassocracy

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ward off

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• cf. to beat off, hang off, keep off

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cadre

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• from Latin quadrum (square)

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raid

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• from PIE from *reydʰ- (ride) (cf. ride)
• doublet of road

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interdiction

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• cf. interdict (to prohibit)
• from Latin interdīcō (I prohibit) <- inter- + dīcō (I say)

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insurgency

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• from Latin īnsurgō (I rise up) <- in- (against) + surgō (I rise)
• cf. surge

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curtail

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• from Latin curtus (short) <- from PIE *(s)ker- (to cut) (whence English short, curt (rudely brief))

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infiltrate

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• in- + filtrate (to pass (a liquid) through a filter) <- filter

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psywar

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• short for psychological warfare
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_warfare

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bulwark

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• bole (the stem or trunk of a tree) + work

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thalassocracy

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• Ancient Greek θάλασσα (thálassa, “sea”) + κράτος (krátos, “rule”)
• cf. thalassic (U.S. /θəˈlæsɪk/, “relating to the sea”)