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Interesting words: Naches and Kvell

Interesting words: Naches and Kvell

Naches and kvell go together like socks and shoes, so I decided to put both in one post. Kvell rhymes with well. For naches, just be sure…
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Interesting words: Eirenic

Interesting words: Eirenic

Definition
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Interesting words: Felicific

Interesting words: Felicific

Definition
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Interesting words: Caducity

Interesting words: Caducity

Caducity (adj.) 1. Tendency to fall; perishable or frail.   2. The infirmities associated with old age.
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Why we use the standard deviation and not median absolute deviation or other functions

On Quora, someone asked about why, in the standard deviation, we square and take square roots rather than use mean absolute deviation…
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Interesting words: Groak

Interesting words: Groak

Groak: (Rhymes with cloak)
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Interesting words: Deciduous

Interesting words: Deciduous

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Interesting words: Casuistry

Interesting words: Casuistry

Definition (adapted from Merriam Webster and other sources).
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Interesting words: Charientism

Interesting words: Charientism

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Interesting words: Scurryfunge

Interesting words: Scurryfunge

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