Sunday, July 18, 2010

[Word Powers] Today's Words

Transpire (tran-spahyr) (verb): to occur,  take place,  to emit or give off (waste matter, watery vapor, an odor, etc.)

He made a note of everything that transpired in the courtroom.              

 Tourniquet (tur-ni-kit) (noun): A device, typically a tightly encircling bandage, used to check bleeding by temporarily stopping the flow of blood through a large artery in a limb.

The aim of applying a tourniquet is to block the flow of blood in the veins going back to the heart.



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