2022-09-28

Published: 2022-09-28

Words that I added to Anki on 2022-09-28.

The contents were automatically generated except notes part.

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• portent
• magistrate
• failing
• jackhammer
• Sharpie
• subarctic
• stave
• divot
• herald
• take root

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portent

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• Latin portendō (I portend) < por- + tendō

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magistrate

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• Latin magister (master), related to magis (more)
• cf. master, minister, etc.

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failing

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• preposition as “in the absence of”

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jackhammer

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• also pneumatic drill, jackhammer drill, etc.
• jack (denoting devices, implements, etc., originally and esp. with reference to objects which in some way take the place of a person, or save human labour) + hammer

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Sharpie

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subarctic

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• sub- + Arctic

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stave

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• cf. stave off

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divot

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herald

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take root

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