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increase my vocabulary

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Several years ago 15 months ago

I deracinated myself and moved 3,000 miles away from home.
1. To pluck up by the roots; to uproot.
2. To displace from one’s native or accustomed environment.

deracinate \dee-RAS-uh-nayt\, transitive verb:


I wish I was 15 months ago

A polyhistor.

(pol-ee-HIS-tuhr) noun, also polyhistorian

A person of great or wide learning.

It’s one of my goals, though.



ethology, noun 15 months ago

The study of animals’ behaviors in their natural environments.



bedizen 15 months ago

(bi-DY-zuhn) verb tr.

To dress or decorate in a showy or gaudy manner.

[From be- + dizen, from [possibly Low German] disen (to put flax on
a distaff for spinning), from dis- (bunch of flax).]



Brand new word for me: 15 months ago

enate (i-NAYT, EE-nayt) adjective

1. Growing outward.
2. Also enatic. Related on the mother's side.


Heard a new word quite by accident today 16 months ago

(by accident is my favorite way to learn new words) I never heard it before, yet I will not forget it. It’s strange, and I’m sorry in advance if it offends anyone. I hope it doesn’t (it’s a scientific term relating to decomposition):

Adipocere
a crumbly white, waxy substance that accumulates on those parts of the body that contain fat—the cheeks, breasts, abdomen and buttocks. It is the product of a chemical reaction in which fats react with water and hydrogen in the presence of bacterial enzymes, breaking down into fatty acids and soaps. Adipocere is resistant to bacteria and can protect a corpse, slowing further decomposition. Adipocere starts to form within a month after death and has been recorded on bodies that have been exhumed after 100 years. If a body is readily accessible to insects, adipocere is unlikely to form.



I'm a write/editor 16 months ago

and I think my vocabulary is not up to par.



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