Wondrous Words Wednesday
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I found a couple new words in GOODBYE, VITAMIN by Rachel Khong.
1. intractable – “The fat man is saying to John Travolta that his wife has been intractable, ever since their dog lingered by her breast.”
This is one of those words that I feel like I should have known but couldn’t define when I read this sentence. Intractable means hard to control or deal with.
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2. cruciferous vegetables – “We stop at the grocery store for cruciferous vegetables.”
This is something else I probably should have known. Cruciferous vegetables belong to the mustard family of plants. They get their name from the shape of their flowers – the four petals of their flowers resemble a cross. Some common cruciferous vegetables are radishes, kale, cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower.
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I think I knew these! Yeah, Patty!
I also feel like I should have known cruciferous…but didn’t. I got intractable, though. I will always be happy with 50%.
I knew cruciferous vegetables but intractable meant something completely different than what I thought.
I didn’t know either of them.
Kathy, I should have known cruciferous as I’ve read it numerous times (I thought it meant chewy or kind of crunchy, for some reason; now I know it’s real meaning). I was hazy about intractable as well. Thanks for the brief vocab lesson today!
I knew both of these!
Wohoo mustard family, lol
Cruciferous is one I know for sure!
I actually knew both of those. That’s a first!
I thought I knee cruciferous vegetables, but I was way off.
I didn’t know cruciferous vegetables belong to the mustard family but I guess that makes sense — greens.