eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively de…
Veronica
by
Mary Gaitskill
Dec. 29, 2023 - Jan. 2, 2024
(read, fiction)
Gaitskill, M. (2006). Veronica. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
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truculent »
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unctuous »
(adjective) fatty oily / (adjective) smooth and g…
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raiment »
(noun) clothing garments
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stolid »
calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or a…
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fulsome »
(adjective) characterized by abundance; copious /…
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She was in shock, and because she was heavily med…
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I went home in a taxi that cost one hundred dolla…
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We spent the night going from bar to bar. Whereve…
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“You made choices,” my mother said to my father. …
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[...] I was a shop girl, not a poet. In an inexpl…