monday, february 13, 2006
Amanuensis bibliotics puissance
Four years ago, I made a list of words to learn, one for each day of the year or so. That didn’t work. But I went back and looked at the list again today, and I’ve learned about half of the words. Here are some that looked vaguely familiar, and what the dictionary said about them (sort of).
- amanuensis - research assistant
- bibliotics - studying documents to determine authenticity
- chateaubriand - a chunk of cow meat
- etiolation - pale due to lack of light
- opprobrium - criticism, public disgrace, and everlasting shame
- puissance - great power (not pus)
- ptomaine - mold-tasting crap
- contretemps - unfortunate, unexpected occurrence
- moire - rippled, lustrous finish, like a wootzy katana
This is the list of words I still don’t know, just so you can look through them and think “Ha! I know that one and she doesn’t!”.
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