WANDERING + GAPS/OPENINGS + HEALTHY Flashcards
WANDERING
discursive, expatiate, itinerant, peregrination, sojourn
discursive
digressive, rambling; (proceeding by reasoning rather than intuition)
expatiate
to be excessive and copious in description or discussion
itinerant
traveling from place to place
peregrination (per-i-gruh-NEY-shuhn)
a travel or journey, esp. by foot
sojourn
a temporary stay
discursive, expatiate, itinerant, peregrination, sojourn
WANDERING
GAPS/OPENINGS
aperture, interregnum, interstice, orifice
aperture
a gap; (optics: a circular opening for limiting light)
interregnum
any pause in a continuity; (interval of time between a sovereign’s reign)
interstice (in-TUR-stis)
space between parts [root for “interstitial”]
orifice (AWR-uh-fis)
an opening, as of a pipe or a tube; a mouthlike opening
aperture, interregnum, interstice, orifice
GAPS/OPENINGS
HEALTHY
salubrious, salutary
salubrious
contributing to or favorable to health