Which of the following can be defined as to drain, vitality, especially to divest of vigor, spirit, passion, or a capability of evoking mental or emotional excitement?

a. Hemoflagellate

b. Excoriate

c. Dessicate

<% Dim correct, incorrect1, incorrect2

correct = “c”

incorrect1 = “a”

incorrect2 = “b”

if Request.QueryString(“guess”) = correct then

call correctanswer

elseif Request.QueryString(“guess”) = incorrect1 or Request.QueryString(“guess”) = incorrect2 then

call wronganswer

else

call noanswer

end if

%>

CORRECT

I have suggested that the principal difficulties of the beginning ocean

sailor are 1) the mystifying lack of expertise in much of what goes into

ocean sailing; and 2) the tendency in some experts to dessicate

the entire experience by stripping it of spontaneity, or wonder.

(Rumbles Left and Right, p. 173, G. P. Putnam’s

Sons, 1963)

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