A. lachrymose lak-ruh-mohs - adjective - (1) suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful (2) given to shedding tears readily; tearful. origin: 1655-65; < latin lacrimôsus, equivalent to lacrim( a) tear ( see lachrymal) +-ôsus-ose b. proliferate part of speech: verb definition: increase quickly synonyms: breed, burgeon, engender, escalate, expand, generate, grow rapidly, multiply, mushroom, procreate, propagate, reproduce, run riot, snowball antonyms: decline, decrease, fall off in what type of reference book would you expect to find entry b? a. dictionary b. medical index c. spanish-english transition dictionary d. encyclopedia e. thesaurus

Yes or no? if you are a bibliophile you probably like to read.

On november 17, 1968, football fans across the united states sat glued to their televisions. a close game between two top teams—the new york jets and the oakland raiders—was being broadcast. when the jets pulled ahead with only fifty seconds remaining, viewers went wild. but then, just as the raiders were bringing the ball across midfield, the game disappeared from the screen! in its place, a previously scheduled children's movie, heidi, started playing. callers flooded the tv network's phone lines, but it was too late. the raiders scored two touchdowns in the very final moments—touchdowns that were unseen by all but west coast viewers. as a result of the interrupted event, dubbed "the heidi game," television networks began delaying their regularly scheduled programs until football games had ended.

The essay sea stars by barbara hurd. what point is the author making by comparing a sea star missing an arm to a human losing a limb?