The Total Solar Eclipse I Missed

There was a total solar eclipse yesterday, the longest this century (which has only just started!). I didn't see it live in person, and I didn't even see it live on webcam. I totally missed this solar eclipse...

I'm typing just to type something. I wonder, there must be high pressure. It is rather warm today.

The river dispute I heard...

Near the river side, the leaders met with the arbiter to determine how much of the area would be allowed for fishing by each tribe. The exposition on the division of use by the arbiter did not sit well with the leaders. I could already hear one of them giving a polemic on the idea presented. It was all she could do to forbear her own throwing of the arbiter into the river. "Once you've reached the bottom, you'll be able to plumb the dishonor of your statement! Continuing with these plans will be deleterious to us all, and especially to you!" You could see in his face that the arbiter was hermetic when it came to the leaders' remarks. The river was always a salubrious place to be after a hard day. Now you had village leaders and officials goading eachother into doing something foolish over it. It was obvious that the ramparts of their stances needed to break before any true discussions could move ahead.

Words for Week of January 30

Words:

[Taken from the Princeton Review's Word Smart 3rd Edition]

1. Arbiter - n. one who decides; a judge
1. An arbiter of fashion is someone who determines what other people will wear by wearing it herself.
2. Arbiter and arbitrator mean the same thing. An arbiter presides over an arbitration, which is a formal meeting to settle a dispute.
   
2. Exposition - expounding or explaining; explanatory treatise
   
3. Polemic - a powerful argument made in refuation of something
1. The editorial was a convincing polemic that revealed the true nature of the proposition.
   
4. Forbear - to refrain from; to abstain
1. "He forbore from eating fried foods because of the trans fats."
   
5. Plumb - to measure the depth of something
   
6. Deleterious - harmful
1. "Overeating is deleterious to your health."
   
7. Hermetic - impervious to external influence; hermetic
1. "Bush led a hermetic existence as his advisers tried to keep bad news from him."
   
8. Salubrious - promoting health
1. "The salubrious country air was a welcome change from the city air."
   
9. Goad - to urge forcefully; to taunt someone into doing something
1. "The cheerleaders goaded the geek into doing something bad."
   
10. Rampart - a fortification; a bulwark or defense
1. "They stormed the ramparts of the city."
   

Ground Rules for Vocabulary Building

1. Copy and paste a sentence or two that you find on the Internet which uses the word in context.
2. Write a story that incorporates these words. Put the word in bold when you use it so it's easily identifiable.
3. Be silly and have fun!