#functional grammar
- Associationist — A person who adheres to the principles of associationism or who promotes this doctrine in the study of the human mind; as an adjective, it describes a theoretical system, a method of analysis, a school of thought, or a psychological hypothesis directly based on the laws of the association of ideas.
- Stunned — Having undergone the process of stunning; an animal rendered unconscious, deeply numb, or temporarily insensible through technical methods prior to slaughter; in a figurative sense, it describes a person who is completely dazed, bewildered, stunned, or in a state of severe drowsiness due to an emotional or physical shock.
- Sprinkling (adj.) — Serving to sprinkle or functioning through the medium of fine spraying and splashing of a liquid; a device, mechanism, or hydraulic system structurally designed to distribute water in the form of artificial raindrops over a given area.
- Roughened — Having been made or having become rough, rugged, dry, or lacking smoothness; in a figurative sense, it describes a situation, a regulation, a tone of voice, or a punishment that has become much more severe, rigid, restrictive, or harder to tolerate.