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VOCABULARY:

·         Magnanimous-  adj. Courageously noble in mind and heart.

And she was disposed to be magnanimous in victory.

I think we can be magnanimous, Admiral.

·         Pommy- n. Australian & New Zealand Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a British person, especially a recent immigrant.

“The station's owner, The Radio Network, argued the word "pommy" is commonly used to describe the English.”

·         Cardiovascular- adj. Of, relating to, or involving the heart and the blood vessels: cardiovascular disease.

“Others say that the more important contributor to the rise in cardiovascular disease is simply over-consumption of food, salty or not, and the obesity epidemic.”

·         Ricket- n. A deficiency disease resulting from a lack of vitamin D or calcium and from insufficient exposure to sunlight, characterized by defective bone growth and occurring chiefly in children. Also called rachitis.

“The term rickets comes from the Old English word ...”

·         Clampdown- n. An imposing of restrictions or controls: "Advertisers and broadcasters would raise howls of protest against any strong clampdown” ( Wall Street Journal)

This could, of course, be the result of a local clampdown.

At first they had approved of the chaos, but as the clampdown progressed, it made it almost impossible for the Club to operate.

·         Sunlamp- n. A lamp that radiates ultraviolet rays used in therapeutic and cosmetic treatments.

Could you hold off a vampire with a sunlamp, or kill him with a stake of grained plastic wood?

It had the pale, unripened complexion of someone who habitually uses a cathode-ray tube for a sunlamp.

·         Vessel- n. A hollow utensil, such as a cup, vase, or pitcher, used as a container, especially for liquids.

“At each end of the vessel is a raised deck, forming tolerably commodious quarters for officers and men; and the forecastle is made to carry one or two heavy guns.”

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·         Diligent-adj. Marked by persevering, painstaking effort. See Synonyms at busy.

He made diligent and painstaking inquiries.

She must be diligent about how she used it.

·         Bray-v. To utter the loud, harsh cry of a donkey.

Tom and Rick made braying sounds in protest.

She had giggled like a donkey braying.

·         Nutrient-n. A source of nourishment, especially a nourishing ingredient in a food.

My body seems to immediately revive from the nutrients.

Come with me, and you can add whatever nutrients and restoratives you feel are required to the soup I'm getting Killashandra.

·         Plight- n. A situation, especially a bad or unfortunate one. See Synonyms at predicament.

“Since our common plight is precisely to live in such uncertainty, what's wrong with this?”

·         Ballast- n. Heavy material that is placed in the hold of a ship or the gondola of a balloon to enhance stability.

We'll drop all remaining ballast and climb through that layer as fast as we can.

Too much ballast, Joe always said, slows you down.

·         Fledgling-n. A young bird that has recently acquired its flight feathers.

We all must have our freedoms, fledgling.

Then her gaze moved away from the fledgling, almost disdainfully.

·         Latitude-n. The angular distance north or south of the earth's equator, measured in degrees along a meridian, as on a map or globe.

That means in winter the icecup grows down to 45 degrees latitude The third was the HydrOs, from the temperate latitude, Heem's own ship trailing.

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VOCABULARY

·         Incarcerate- v. To put into jail.

“Since the decision to incarcerate is a Judicial one, how can the YJB achieve a target in which they have no say whatsoever? on June 16, 2008 at 8: 48 am | Reply John”

·         Rendition- n. An interpretation of a musical score or a dramatic piece.

“Extraordinary rendition is legally and morally problematic.”

·         Saunter- v. To walk at a leisurely pace; stroll.

Sebastian grinned and sauntered after her.

Catherine sauntered around the car.

·         Coed-n. A woman who attends a coeducational college or university.

adj. Of or relating to an education system in which both men and women attend the same institution or classes; coeducational: a coed university.

“Their decision was not to place him in coed housing so long as he consented to be placed elsewhere and other housing was available.”

·         Commotion-n. A condition of turbulent motion.

There was now a commotion at the door.

Verna heard a commotion outside the tent.

·         Nerd-n. Slang A person who is single-minded or accomplished in scientific or technical pursuits but is felt to be socially inept.

Ironically, the only paying, legal job Bob had ever gotten in his life had been at MIT, the nest of the killer nerds.

The man Bosch had killed, toasting a friend's marriage, looking like the All American nerd that Bosch knew he had not been.

·         Drafting table- n. a worktable with adjustable top

“He grasped the norn’s hand and led her over to a short drafting table covered with sketches.”

                               Why not eat insects?

                                   

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VOCABULARY:

Magnitude- n. Greatness of rank or position

That you could not tell the exact magnitude of the temporal displacement?

The magnitude of Cranston's discovery left Mileson weak.

Cochineal- n. A red dye made of the dried and pulverized bodies of female cochineal insects. It is used as a biological stain and as an indicator in acid-base titrations

I added a few drops of cochineal, which is a tasteless scarlet colouring matter.

After some thought Robert writes a series of messages on pieces of parchment made from seals' bladders, with ink obtained from cochineal insects.

 To proliferate- v. To grow or multiply by rapidly producing new tissue, parts, cells, or offspring.

Everything grows, swells, proliferates.

Like cancer cells, the original constituents of the universe proliferated without direction, a total panoply of newness.

Manure-n. Material, especially barnyard or stable dung, often with discarded animal bedding, used to fertilize soil.

The familiar scents of horse, straw, and manure filled my head.

Boswell and Johnson went and watered it with liquid manure.

 To malign- v. To make evil, harmful, and often untrue statements about; speak evil of.

That there was, indeed, some malign divinity in that hideous carcass!

Jasper's, who maligns him every day?

Shrimp-n. Any of various small, chiefly marine decapod crustaceans of the suborder Natantia, many species of which are edible, having a compressed or elongated body with a well-developed abdomen, long legs and antennae, and a long spinelike projection of the carapace.

I just want to eat"' She sighed, as she speared a princess prawn on her fork.

Archie snuck in a quick prawn before the crab meat.

Crayfish- n. Any of various freshwater crustaceans of the genera Cambarus and Astacus, resembling a lobster but considerably smaller. Also called mudbug; also called regionally crawdad.

As he sank, he saw waving before him the gaping claws of the huge crayfish, large enough to sever a limb with one stroke of their jagged jaws.

The leeches and crayfish should have you stripped to the bone in a day or so.

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Something for those with  sweet teeth... :)

                             My year living biblically.                        

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To immerse-  v. To cover completely in a liquid; submerge.

She was dancing, immersed in the joy of movement and of his nearness.

Are you still immersed in this role of yours?

Adultery- n. Voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a partner other than the lawful spouse.

Anne was too clever to commit adultery.

You pointed out what the Christ said to the woman taken in adultery.

Pebble- n. A small stone, especially one worn smooth by erosion.

He held up the pebbles close to his face.

I picked up a pebble and tossed it over the side.

To retaliate- v. To return like for like, especially evil for evil.

“However, attempting to retaliate is either futile or dangerous ethically due to c.”

“Dorian Warren " Boeing is Wrong, the NLRB Is Right ," Letters, May 11 use a definition of "retaliate" that my dictionary doesn't have.”

Barbaric-  adj. Marked by crudeness or lack of restraint in taste, style, or manner.

Barbaric fool, why must you open your mouth in front of them?

Under Macbeth, Scotland became barbaric.

Wager- n. An agreement under which each bettor pledges a certain amount to the other depending on the outcome of an unsettled matter.

“My wager is that no active judge (including Reinhardt) will even call for a vote (after all, he has already had his say).”

“The wager is after we have completely crawlerd inside ourselves the terrorists will then strike.”

Pamphlet- n. An unbound printed work, usually with a paper cover.

And Sebell slapped the dirty pamphlet in his hand.

The smartbot had a stack of pamphlets tucked under its stiff arm.

A broken body isn’t a broken person

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Gravel -  n. An unconsolidated mixture of rock fragments or pebbles.

The AK-47 he was carrying dropped into the gravel.

It felt as if the slide rail were made of gravel.

To fracture- n. The act or process of breaking.

We are so fractured, so far from ready.

They're sick, hurt, fractured, frightened.

Stitch up- v. to close by sewing

Catheter- n. A hollow flexible tube for insertion into a body cavity, duct, or vessel to allow the passage of fluids or distend a passageway. Its uses include the drainage of urine from the bladder through the urethra or insertion through a blood vessel into the heart for diagnostic purposes.

Carefully, she pulled the catheter off the needle, sliding it into the vein.

Instantly Catherine thrust the tip of the urinary catheter into the hole.

Calipers- n. usually, plural only A device used to measure thickness between two surfaces, especially for small or precise measurements.

“Not 'calipers', those little measuring, pinchy-things.”

“What kind of calipers do you use to measure human dignity, anyhow?”

To tarmac-  n. A tarmacadam road or surface, especially an airport runway.

Dozens of small planes sat in neat rows on the tarmac.

They scraped him off the tarmac like a dab of strawberry jam.

Paraplegia- n. Complete paralysis of the lower half of the body including both legs, usually caused by damage to the spinal cord.

“Paralysis of the posterior half of the body is known as paraplegia and results from derangement of the spinal cord.”

“Mr. Callahan said he realized his paraplegia was not the problem; his alcoholism was.”

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What we're learning from online education.
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Vocabulary:

scarcity n.- Insufficiency of amount or supply; shortage: a scarcity of food that was caused by drought.

“The types of anxiety that I associate with this level are what I refer to as scarcity and avoidance.”

Scarcity of water in the Mid Realm means that much of it must be harvested from plant life

apartheid- n. An official policy of racial segregation formerly practiced in the Republic of South Africa, involving political, legal, and economic discrimination against nonwhites.

“He said that the United Nations should not be afraid to use the term apartheid to describe what is happening in occupied Palestine.”

Lock all the anti-apartheid types up?

 to sribble- v. To write hurriedly without heed to legibility or style.

The pages had dates scribbled on them.

She scribbled something on a message pad.

reproducible  Susceptible or capable of reproduction.

“But the rigorous process of peer review, a process that requires any new findings to be reproducible, is meant to weed out, as much as possible, political bias.”

“I have noticed it is somewhat difficult to obtain reproducible results.”

incetive n. Something, such as the fear of punishment or the expectation of reward, that induces action or motivates effort.

What incentive do I have to do the right thing?

I have real incentive now to get to Oregon.

trajectory n. The path of a projectile or other moving body through space.

They were coming into their landing trajectory.

But trajectory analysis does not bear that out.

tremendous adj. Extremely large in amount, extent, or degree; enormous: a tremendous task. See Synonyms at enormous.

Louis Wu was alone before these tremendous faces.

Her recuperative powers are tremendous.