by
Katrina Kenison,
Lorrie Moore
(editors)
The Best American Short Stories 2004
The Best American Short Stories 2004
by
Katrina Kenison,
Lorrie Moore
(editors)
by
Katrina Kenison,
Lorrie Moore
(editors)
The Best American Short Stories 2004
by
Katrina Kenison,
Lorrie Moore
(editors)
by
Katrina Kenison,
Lorrie Moore
(editors)
palimpsest
(en)
a manuscript or piece of writing material on which the original writing has been effaced to make room for later writing but of which traces remain
xvi
They are more interested in constructing a quick palimpsest of wounds and tones and triggering events
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They are more interested in constructing a quick palimpsest of wounds and tones and triggering events
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panegyric
(en)
(noun) a eulogistic oration or writing / (noun) formal or elaborate praise
73
Some were panegyrics, plain and simple
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Some were panegyrics, plain and simple
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etiology
(en)
(noun) cause, origin / (noun) the cause of a disease or abnormal condition / (noun) a branch of knowledge concerned with causes / (noun) a branch of medical science concerned with the causes and origins of diseases
80
After a week you knew everybody’s etiology
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After a week you knew everybody’s etiology
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abstemious
(en)
(adjective) marked by restraint especially in the consumption of food or alcohol / (adjective) reflecting such restraint
87
After being abstemious for so long, I was drunk in no time
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After being abstemious for so long, I was drunk in no time
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prurient
(en)
(adj) having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters
148
A tidal wave of nervous prurience had practically blown the door out from inside
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A tidal wave of nervous prurience had practically blown the door out from inside
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truculent
(en)
eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant
361
He stood in a truculent posture, legs apart
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He stood in a truculent posture, legs apart
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