Organizations and Markets

Lesser-Known Counterparts of Common Words

7 March 2008 at 8:37 am Peter G. Klein 2 comments

| Peter Klein |

This week Anu Garg’s A.Word.A.Day is featuring lesser-known counterparts of common words, e.g.:

• prepone (v. tr.): to reschedule an event to an earlier time
• nocebo (n.): a substance producing harmful effects in someone because it is believed to be harmful, but which in reality is harmless
• dystopia (n.): an imaginary place where everything is very bad, as from oppression, disease, deprivation, etc.
• inhume (v. tr.): to bury
• prequel (n.): a book, movie, drama, etc. set in a time preceding that of an existing work

Can you think of more?

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