2022-04-17

Published: 2022-04-17

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-04-17.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• doomscrolling
• consign
• bequeath
• countervailing
• demoralize
• serf
• catapult
• sardonic
• tactless
• buttress

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doomscrolling

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• doom + scrolling

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consign

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• Latin cōnsignō (I furnish with a seal) <- signō (I seal, sign)

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bequeath

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• be- + quethe (obsolete English word meaning “to say”)

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countervailing

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• counterveil
• contrā (against) + valeō (I am strong, worth)
• equivalent <- aequivaleō <- valeō

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demoralize

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• de- + moralize (to undermine the morale or moral)

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serf

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• Latin servus (servant, serf, slave), whence English servant
• cf. serfdom
• cf. lord (often used in contrast to serf)
• 農奴

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catapult

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• κᾰτᾰ- (kata-, “downwards”, against) (cf. cataclysm, catastrophe, catalyst, etc.)

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sardonic

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tactless

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• tact + -less
• Latin tangō (I touch) (cf. tangible)
• cf. tactful

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buttress

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• Japanese 控え壁