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The Martian Chronicles 36 words

Student discovered words September 2008

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  1. antiseptic
    thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms
  2. arsenal
    all the weapons and equipment that a country has
  3. barroom
    a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter
  4. berserk
    one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury
  5. bigot
    a prejudiced person who is intolerant of any opinions differing from his own
  6. blasphemy
    blasphemous language (expressing disrespect for God or for something sacred)
  7. bramble
    any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines
  8. catacomb
    an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome)
  9. chintz
    a brightly printed and glazed cotton fabric
  10. conglomeration
    a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together
  11. desolate
    providing no shelter or sustenance
  12. excursion
    a journey taken for pleasure
  13. garnish
    decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
  14. grotto
    a small cave (usually with attractive features)
  15. harlequin
    a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte)
  16. impassive
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited
  17. imperceptible
    impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses
  18. impertinently
    in an impudent or impertinent manner
  19. jackstones
    game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks
  20. jauntily
    in a jaunty fashionable manner
  21. labial
    of or relating to the lips of the mouth
  22. ladyfinger
    small finger-shaped sponge cake
  23. leery
    openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
  24. mortar
    a bowl-shaped vessel in which substances can be ground and mixed with a pestle
  25. niche
    a small concavity
  26. obelisk
    a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top
  27. offal
    viscera and trimmings of a butchered animal often considered inedible by humans
  28. pylon
    a large vertical steel tower supporting high-tension power lines
  29. quarry
    animal hunted or caught for food
  30. ruminate
    reflect deeply on a subject
  31. tributary
    a branch that flows into the main stream
  32. Trilling
    United States literary critic (1905-1975)
  33. tumult
    a state of commotion and noise and confusion
  34. tumultuous
    characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination
  35. valise
    a small overnight bag for short trips
  36. hieroglyph
    a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt