My Abandonment Glossary

My Abandonment Glossary

Acupuncture

Treatment involving pricking the skin with needles

Binoculars

Instrument for viewing far-away objects

Cooperate

Work together, assist

Elder

Leader in an Ancient early church

Esplanade

Long paved area for walking along, usually by water

Gopher

Burrowing rodent native to North America

Hobo

Wandering worker, an itinerant

Ingenious

Clever at inventing things or solving problems

Irrigating

Watering land by means of channels

Penitentiary

A reforming prison

Poncho

Cloak made of blanket-like fabric with a slit cut in it for the head to go through

Sojourner

A person who is residing somewhere temporarily

Splintered

Broken into fragments

Stalactite

Deposits of calcium carbonate like an icicle hanging downwards

Stalagmite

Deposits of calcium carbonate that form like an icicle inverted so that it rises up from the ground

Thermostat

Device that automatically regulates temperature

Yurt

Circular tent or hut using timber covered with turf

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