2022-05-05

Published: 2022-05-05

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-05-05.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• vapid
• snivel
• disproportion
• vine
• cornerstone
• flicker
• troglodyte
• stratify
• oligarchy
• diurnal

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vapid

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• Latin vapor (steam)
• cf. English vapor, evaporate, vaporize, etc.

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snivel

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• cf. sniff, sniffle, snuffle

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disproportion

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• dis- + proportion
• Latin pro- + portiō (portion)

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vine

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• Latin vīnum (wine)

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cornerstone

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• corner + stone

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flicker

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• an onomatopoeic formation with frequentative suffix

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troglodyte

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• Ancient Greek τρώγλη (trṓglē, “hole”) + δύω (dúō, “I get into”)

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stratify

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• cf. stratum

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oligarchy

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• olig- (few) + -archy (rule)
• cf. oligosaccharide, oligophagy

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diurnal

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• Latin diurnus <- diēs (day)
• doublet of journal (cf. French jour (day))
• cf. nocturnal