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p.148
etiolated »
(of a plant) pale and drawn out due to a lack of …
p.170
refulgent »
(noun) a radiant or resplendent quality or state;…
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[...] I just kept on tapping at this ring pull and finally …
[...] Soon it will be Christmas again. Christmas is ridicu…
[...] ‘It seems to me you don’t know the first thing about …
[...] Come on old man, walk across the room. I’m waiting fo…
[...] Huysmans depicts ostentatious depravity with an atten…
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p.55
lambent »
(adjective) playing lightly on or over a surface;…
p.67
abeyance »
(noun) a lapse in succession during which there i…
p.78
autotelic »
(adjective) having a purpose in and not apart fro…
p.79
serried »
(adjective) crowded or pressed together; compact …
p.92
umbrage »
(noun) offense or annoyance
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[...] I gave him the stories on a Friday so they were in hi…
[...] Strange to think but when I first wrote the tale I h…
[...] Showalter’s study argues that cultural notions about …
[...] I vowed not to give or lend him any more books after …
[...] Sometimes I think of asking for it back. But I can’t …