October 28, 2003, 3:45 p.m.
For October 28, 2003

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

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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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