2022-09-16

Published: 2022-09-16

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-09-16.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

word list

• hypno
• shun
• cook the books
• tawdry
• engineer
• anodyne
• contend
• verisimilitude
• perspicacious
• curry

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hypno

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• before a vowel hypn- (e.g. hypnagogic)
• Ancient Greek ὕπνος (sleep)

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shun

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cook the books

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notes

• cf. cook as “to alter (something) in a dishonest, underhand, or surreptitious manner”

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tawdry

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• short for (obsolete) tawdry lace <- lace of St. Audrey would naturally be largely offered for sale at her fair

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engineer

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• “to arrange, contrive, or plan”
• engine + -er or -eer

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anodyne

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• ἀν (alpha privative) + ὀδύνη (pain)

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contend

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• Latin contendō (I stretch) <- con- + tendō (I stretch)

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verisimilitude

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• Latin vērī similitūdo <- vērum (truth) + similis (similar)

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perspicacious

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• Latin perspiciō (I perceive) <- per- + speciō (I observe)

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curry

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• “to groom (a horse)”