2022-04-10

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-04-10.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

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rancor

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  • also rancour
  • Middle English rancour
  • from Latin rancor (rancor), from ranceō (I am rotten), whence English rancid (tasting or smelling unpleasant because of not being fresh)
  • Homophone ranker

implore

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  • Latin implōrō (I implore) <- plōrō (I cry out)
  • cf. deplore (to say or think that something is very bad)
  • perhaps ultimately from PIE *pleh₃(w)- (to flow), whence Old English flod and English flood

upbeat

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  • antonym downbeat

grim

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repudiate

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  • from Latin repudiō (I repudiate)

bungle

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  • onomatopoeic (cf. bumble (to spaek or move in a confused way))

flout

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  • from Middle English flute (to play on flute) ?

animus

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  • Latin animus (mind)
  • cf. unanimous from ūnus (one) + animus (mind)
  • cf. animosity
  • no plural form (sometimes animuses)

stellar

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  • cf. constellation

indict

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