Word of the Day: ANEMIA

Languor or lifelessness

anemia (noun) - a medical condition in which blood lacks enough healthy red blood cells or hemoglobin, reducing its ability to carry oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body; a lack of vitality, power, or spirit (also anaemia) [uh-nee-mee-uh]

BREAKDOWN: AN- (without) + -EMIA (blood)

• anemic means weak, lethargic, or lackluster; afflicted with anemia

“Let us be dissatisfied until America will no longer have high blood pressure of creeds and an anemia of deeds. Let us be dissatisfied until the tragic walls that separate the outer city of wealth and comfort from the inner city of poverty and despair shall be crushed by the battering rams of the fires of justice... Let us be dissatisfied until the dark yesterdays of segregated schools will be transformed into the bright tomorrows of quality integrated education.” —Martin Luther King Jr.

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