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officious
On Beauty

They were speaking to each other with tinkling officiousness, like two administrators filling out a form together.

—p.199 the anatomy lesson (127) by Zadie Smith
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invidious

I need you to appreciate that I have been placed in an extremely invidious situation

—p.159 the anatomy lesson (127) by Zadie Smith
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lucent

This second fellow had such lucent white skin and so prominent a plate of bone in his forehead that Howard felt oppressed by the sheer mortality of the man

—p.116 kipps and belsey (1) by Zadie Smith
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pulvinate

Their pulvinate bellies were red satin

—p.58 kipps and belsey (1) by Zadie Smith
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scurrilous

During their lunches he was always wonderfully scurrilous and bad tempered about his peers

—p.20 kipps and belsey (1) by Zadie Smith
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