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hematopoiesis
The Faraway Nearby

The process is called "hematopoiesis," from the ancient Greek words for blood and for making.

—p.72 Flight (55) by Rebecca Solnit
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puerperal

the puerperal fever that killed her

of Mary Wollstonecraft (mother of Mary Shelley)

—p.70 Flight (55) by Rebecca Solnit
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vainglory

He learns from Frankenstein's mistake of vainglorious isolation

—p.53 Ice (37) by Rebecca Solnit
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charnel

He confesses, "I collected bones from charnel houses [...]"

I feel like I see this word everywhere. Can't believe I didn't know it before

—p.44 Ice (37) by Rebecca Solnit
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bucolic

the residential care facility with the bucolic name

—p.10 Apricots (1) by Rebecca Solnit
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