The Machine Stops by E M Foster

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Do I need to add here this list contains words I had to look up in a dictionary while reading this wonderful short story by E M Forster?
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  1. importune
    beg persistently and urgently
  2. dawdle
    hang or fall in movement, progress, development, etc.
  3. importune
    beg persistently and urgently
  4. importunate
    making persistent or urgent requests
  5. weary
    physically and mentally fatigued
  6. imponderable
    difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision
  7. primeval
    having existed from the beginning
  8. don
    a teacher or tutor, especially at Cambridge or Oxford
  9. doff
    remove
  10. dyspeptic
    suffering from indigestion
  11. cranky
    easily irritated or annoyed
  12. delirium
    a usually brief state of excitement and mental confusion
  13. palpitate
    beat rapidly
  14. wharf
    a platform from the shore that provides access to ships
  15. prattle
    speak about unimportant matters rapidly and incessantly
  16. vestibule
    a large entrance or reception room or area
  17. careen
    move at high speed and in an uncontrolled way
  18. nonchalant
    marked by casual unconcern or indifference
  19. aplomb
    great coolness and composure under strain
  20. prostrate
    stretched out and lying at full length along the ground
  21. mortar
    a vessel in which substances can be ground with a pestle
  22. atavism
    a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
  23. nonchalance
    the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care
  24. dell
    a small wooded hollow
  25. enwrap
    enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
  26. denude
    make bare or strip of a covering
  27. snout
    a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head
  28. extrude
    form or shape by forcing through an opening
  29. edify
    make understand
  30. escapade
    any carefree episode
  31. impetuousness
    rash impulsiveness
  32. seraphic
    having a sweet nature befitting an angel
  33. peroration
    the concluding section of a rhetorical address
  34. allocution
    a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts
  35. sedulous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  36. intercede
    act between parties with a view to reconciling differences
  37. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  38. whimper
    cry weakly or softly
  39. anon
    (old-fashioned or informal) in a little while
  40. hideous
    grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror
  41. whirl
    the shape of something rotating rapidly
  42. cavern
    a large cave or a large chamber in a cave
  43. palliate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  44. rend
    tear or be torn violently
Created on Fri Feb 24 11:17:03 EST 2012 (updated Sun Feb 26 11:50:41 EST 2012)

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