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... :)

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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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