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Moving right along:

AERIOUS

PRONUNCIATION: (AY-ree-uhs)

MEANING: adjective: Of or like air; airy.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin aereus/aerius, adjectival form of aer (air). Earliest documented use: 1594.

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Ooh, lots of options here. And interestingly most of the changes could go equally well in front of the A or between the A and the E, with opposite definitions.

AERIOUS - nesting in high places (the "Identity Transform")

AFERIOUS - without iron; anemic

TERIOUS - weepy
XERIOUS - dry

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Like Winnie the Pooh.
When your test is finished could you explain to us
(Me, the dummy) how you do it?


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Hi, Luke! First I tried simply Copying and deleting the long link and Pasting it into a new Image setup window. That didn't work, so then I Pasted the link into a Google search box, and this picture is what I got, along with some other things on the page. I clicked on the button that read View Image. That took me to a page that had ONLY the picture. Then I Copied that URL and Pasted it into a new Image setup window.
I hope this is the pic she intended to be seen.

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Thanks Jackie, but I can't put tab A into slot B. I appreciate it,
but it makes little sense. I don't understand View Image, etc.
Am grateful for your attempt to 'teach' me.


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DUOLITERAL

PRONUNCIATION: (doo-uh-LIT-uhr-uhl)

MEANING: adjective: Having two letters.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin duo (two), from Greek duo + littera (letter). Earliest documented use: 1828.

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DULLITERAL - long, dry, and dusty, like Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Prpgress"

DUOLITTERAL - drop two pieces of trash

DUEL-ITERAL - engaging in one-on-one personal combat on a Roman road

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Thank you kindly, Jackie! laugh I couldn't figure AWAD image completely. Now I see.

Yes, this is the correct image.

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EXPECTORATE

PRONUNCIATION: (ik-SPEK-tuh-rayt)

MEANING: verb tr., intr.: 1. To spit; 2. To eject by coughing.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin expectorare (to expel from the chest), from ex- (out) + pectus (br east). Earliest documented use: 1601.

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EXPECTORATE - I'm waiting for the Church service to start

TEXPECTORATE - Ted Cruz is thumping his chest again...

EXPERTORATE - the authority has spoken

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SEISM

PRONUNCIATION: (SY-zuhm)

MEANING: noun: Earthquake.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek seismos, from seiein (to shake). Earliest documented use: 1883.

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SHEISM - what a feminist practices

HEISM - what a bankrobber practices

SEISAM - six in the morning in Madrid

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AUTOCHTHON

PRONUNCIATION: (o-TOK-thun)

MEANING: noun:
1. A native; an aborigine.
2. Something, as a rock, formed or originating in the place where found.

ETYMOLOGY: From Greek autochthon (of the land itself), from auto- (self) + chthon (earth, land). Ultimately from the Indo-European root dhghem- (earth), which also sprouted human, homicide, humble, homage, chamomile, exhume, inhume, chthonic, disinter, chameleonic, and Persian zamindar (landholder). Earliest documented use: 1538. The opposite of this term is allochthon.

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AUTOHTHON - the Daytohna 5000

AUTOCHRHON - a self-winding watch

AUROCHTHON - (obs) a prolonged race of ancient cattle-like creatures, exhausting them so severely they became extinct. (That was the end of the race of ancient cattle-llke creatlures)

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