Just arrived at Bennington College for my third residency. Dropped my son off at his grandparents' house today. I leave him in good hands and in good paws. Bennington is incredibly beautiful.
⚛ Units of the Week (including the ones from last week's set)
Lats: a monetary unit of Latvia
Lek: a monetary unit of Albania
Lempira: a monetary unit of Honduras
Leone: a monetary unit of Sierra Leone
Lepton: a subatomic particle
Lepton: a former monetary unit of Greece
Leu: a monetary unit of Romania
Lev: a monetary unit of Bulgaria
Lexeme: a linguistic unit
Li: a Chinese unit of distance
Liang: a Chinese unit of weight
Liard: a former silver coin of France
Libra: an ancient Roman unit of weight
Libra: a former gold coin of Peru
Likuta: a former monetary unit of Zaire
Lipa: a monetary unit of Croatia
Lira: a former monetary unit of Italy
Lira: a monetary unit of Malta
Lira: a former monetary unit of Israel
Litas: a former monetary unit of Lithuania
Liter: a unit of capacity
Livre: a former monetary unit of France
Loti: a monetary unit of Lesotho
Louis: a former gold coin of France
Luma: a monetary unit of Armenia
Lux: a unit of illumination
Magneton: a unit of magnetic moment
Manat: a monetary unit of Azerbaijan
Manor: a landed estate or territorial unit
Maravedi: a former coin of Spain
Marka: a monetary unit of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Markka: a former monetary unit of Finland
!!! Unexpected Words of the Week (lots of good ones this week)
Longhair: an intellectual
Looby: a large, awkward person
Loral: pertaining to the space between the eye and bill of a bird
Lothario: a seducer of women
Lucifer: a friction match
Luckie: an old woman
Lulu: something remarkable
Lummox: a clumsy person
Lumpen: an uprooted individual
Lunt: to emit smoke
Lupanar: a brothel
Lurdan: a lazy or stupid person
Lysin: a substance capable of disintegrating blood cells or bacteria
Maar: a volcanic crater
Mabe: a cultured pearl
Maccaboy: a type of snuff
Machree: dear
Madam: a woman who manages a brothel
Maenad: a female participant in ancient Greek orgies
Magdalen: a reformed prostitute (like I said in Week 22—lots of names for loose ladies!)
Mahout: the keeper and driver of an elephant
Mainline: to inject a narcotic into a major vein
Makebate: one that encourages quarrels
Malapert: an impudent person
Malarkey: nonsense
Malinger: to feign illness in order to avoid duty or work
Malkin: an untidy woman
Mamzer: a bastard
Marc: the residue remaining after a fruit has been pressed
Markhor: a wild goat
♡ Favorite Words of the Week
Logomach: one given to arguing about words (guilty, particularly about the definition of "know")
Lookism: discrimination based on physical appearance
Lookist: one that practices lookism
Lostness: the state of being lost
Lotic: pertaining to moving water
Lucent: giving off light
Lyard: streaked with gray
Mahjong: a game of Chinese origin (one of my favorites!)
Manque: frustrated in the fulfillment of one's aspirations
Mantic: having powers of prophecy
Marplot: one that ruins a plan by meddling
Lats: a monetary unit of Latvia
Lek: a monetary unit of Albania
Lempira: a monetary unit of Honduras
Leone: a monetary unit of Sierra Leone
Lepton: a subatomic particle
Lepton: a former monetary unit of Greece
Leu: a monetary unit of Romania
Lev: a monetary unit of Bulgaria
Lexeme: a linguistic unit
Li: a Chinese unit of distance
Liang: a Chinese unit of weight
Liard: a former silver coin of France
Libra: an ancient Roman unit of weight
Libra: a former gold coin of Peru
Likuta: a former monetary unit of Zaire
Lipa: a monetary unit of Croatia
Lira: a former monetary unit of Italy
Lira: a monetary unit of Malta
Lira: a former monetary unit of Israel
Litas: a former monetary unit of Lithuania
Liter: a unit of capacity
Livre: a former monetary unit of France
Loti: a monetary unit of Lesotho
Louis: a former gold coin of France
Luma: a monetary unit of Armenia
Lux: a unit of illumination
Magneton: a unit of magnetic moment
Manat: a monetary unit of Azerbaijan
Manor: a landed estate or territorial unit
Maravedi: a former coin of Spain
Marka: a monetary unit of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Markka: a former monetary unit of Finland
!!! Unexpected Words of the Week (lots of good ones this week)
Longhair: an intellectual
Looby: a large, awkward person
Loral: pertaining to the space between the eye and bill of a bird
Lothario: a seducer of women
Lucifer: a friction match
Luckie: an old woman
Lulu: something remarkable
Lummox: a clumsy person
Lumpen: an uprooted individual
Lunt: to emit smoke
Lupanar: a brothel
Lurdan: a lazy or stupid person
Lysin: a substance capable of disintegrating blood cells or bacteria
Maar: a volcanic crater
Mabe: a cultured pearl
Maccaboy: a type of snuff
Machree: dear
Madam: a woman who manages a brothel
Maenad: a female participant in ancient Greek orgies
Magdalen: a reformed prostitute (like I said in Week 22—lots of names for loose ladies!)
Mahout: the keeper and driver of an elephant
Mainline: to inject a narcotic into a major vein
Makebate: one that encourages quarrels
Malapert: an impudent person
Malarkey: nonsense
Malinger: to feign illness in order to avoid duty or work
Malkin: an untidy woman
Mamzer: a bastard
Marc: the residue remaining after a fruit has been pressed
Markhor: a wild goat
♡ Favorite Words of the Week
Logomach: one given to arguing about words (guilty, particularly about the definition of "know")
Lookism: discrimination based on physical appearance
Lookist: one that practices lookism
Lostness: the state of being lost
Lotic: pertaining to moving water
Lucent: giving off light
Lyard: streaked with gray
Mahjong: a game of Chinese origin (one of my favorites!)
Manque: frustrated in the fulfillment of one's aspirations
Mantic: having powers of prophecy
Marplot: one that ruins a plan by meddling
(Pages 323–336)