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Money
by Martin Amis

Money
by Martin Amis

Money
by Martin Amis

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bilious (en)

(adjective) of or indicative of a peevish ill-natured disposition, sickeningly unpleasant

40

Whew, the day certainly had a funny colour to it – a harp light, but livid, bilious, as if some knot of eco-scuzz still lingered in its lungs

—p.40 by Martin Amis
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Whew, the day certainly had a funny colour to it – a harp light, but livid, bilious, as if some knot of eco-scuzz still lingered in its lungs

—p.40 by Martin Amis
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scabrous (en)

(adjective) difficult knotty / (adjective) ; rough to the touch; as / (adjective) having small raised dots, scales, or points / (adjective) covered with raised, roughened, or unwholesome patches / (adjective) dealing with suggestive, indecent, or scandalous themes; salacious / (adjective) squalid

47

which they were billed to do in the scabrous hate-sheet tacked to the door

—p.47 by Martin Amis
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which they were billed to do in the scabrous hate-sheet tacked to the door

—p.47 by Martin Amis
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sylvan (en)

(noun) one that frequents groves or woods / (adjective) living or located in the woods or forest / (adjective) of, relating to, or characteristic of the woods or forest / (adjective) made, shaped, or formed of woods or trees / (adjective) abounding in woods, groves, or trees; wooded

47

In the next booth along I caught a quarter’s worth of film with a sylvan setting: the romantic interest of the piece focused on the love that flowers between a girl and a donkey

—p.47 by Martin Amis
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In the next booth along I caught a quarter’s worth of film with a sylvan setting: the romantic interest of the piece focused on the love that flowers between a girl and a donkey

—p.47 by Martin Amis
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louche (en)

disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way

69

‘I knew it would be you,’ she said, with urgent, husky restraint in her low louche voice.

—p.69 by Martin Amis
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‘I knew it would be you,’ she said, with urgent, husky restraint in her low louche voice.

—p.69 by Martin Amis
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plangent (en)

loud, reverberating, and often melancholy

109

I was still brimming with plangency, chockful of feeling

—p.109 by Martin Amis
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I was still brimming with plangency, chockful of feeling

—p.109 by Martin Amis
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fulsome (en)

(adjective) characterized by abundance; copious / (adjective) generous in amount, extent, or spirit / (adjective) being full and well developed / (adjective) aesthetically, morally, or generally offensive / (adjective) exceeding the bounds of good taste; overdone / (adjective) excessively complimentary or flattering; effusive

214

she’s blessed up top too, though perhaps not as fulsomely as I imagined

—p.214 by Martin Amis
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she’s blessed up top too, though perhaps not as fulsomely as I imagined

—p.214 by Martin Amis
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plenipotentiary (en)

(adjective) invested with full power / (adjective) of or relating to a plenipotentiary / (noun) a person and especially a diplomatic agent invested with full power to transact business / (noun) a diplomatic agent ranking below an ambassador but possessing full power and authority

216

The adult movie was a period piece and more thoughtfully plotted than usual, all about a black plenipotentiary (Ottoman? Carthaginian?) and the appetites of his talented wife

—p.216 by Martin Amis
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The adult movie was a period piece and more thoughtfully plotted than usual, all about a black plenipotentiary (Ottoman? Carthaginian?) and the appetites of his talented wife

—p.216 by Martin Amis
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vituperation (en)

(noun) sustained and bitter railing and condemnation; vituperative utterance / (noun) an act or instance of vituperating

326

You have to queue, and pay good money, to mingle with vituperative interpreters and flashlight-faced Japanese

—p.326 by Martin Amis
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You have to queue, and pay good money, to mingle with vituperative interpreters and flashlight-faced Japanese

—p.326 by Martin Amis
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misprision (en)

(noun; historical; law) the deliberate concealment of one's knowledge of a treasonable act or a felony; (literary) Harold Bloom's term for when strong writers misinterpret their literary predecessors so as to clear imaginative space for themselves

331

they have what men call self-belief and blame you for your misprisions in their dreams

—p.331 by Martin Amis
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they have what men call self-belief and blame you for your misprisions in their dreams

—p.331 by Martin Amis
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akimbo (en)

(adjective or adverb) having the hand on the hip and the elbow turned outward / (adjective or adverb) set in a bent position

333

Martina stood silent on the terrace, in T-shirt and useful shorts, one arm akimbo as she trained her hose

—p.333 by Martin Amis
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Martina stood silent on the terrace, in T-shirt and useful shorts, one arm akimbo as she trained her hose

—p.333 by Martin Amis
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