2022-05-09

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-05-09.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list


taunt

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  • Old French tempter (tempt), from Latin temptō (I test the strength)
  • cf. temper, tempt

satin

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dough-faced

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  • cf dough face (a face resembling dough in colour or appearance)
  • Wiktionary defines this term as “cowardly”

trollop

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  • cf. troll (to move with a rolling action)

lineage

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  • line + -age

sleek

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  • cf slick, slink

quench

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strand

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drunkard

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  • drunk + -ard (often indicating someone who is in a specified condition in a pejorative way) (cf. bastard, coward, dullard)

blunder

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  • cf. blend