2022-09-13

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-09-13.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list


catafalque

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  • cf. scaffold

dredge

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penultimate

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  • Latin paenultimus (penultimate) <- paene (almost) + ultimus (last)
  • cf. penumbra (with umbra (shade)), peninsula (with insula (island))

disemelevator

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  • cf. embark (bark means “a ship”)

abominate

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  • Latin abōminor (I abominate) <- ab- + ōminor (I predict)
  • cf. abominable, omen, etc.

stagehand

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  • hand here means “a person employed in any manual or unskilled work”

study

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  • “to examine something very carefully”
  • Latin studeō (I concentrate on)

otter

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  • ultimately cognate with water

outcry

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  • out- + cry
  • cf. cry out

woodcut

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  • wood + cut