Beautiful Boy, Chap. 21-22

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  1. absently
    in an absentminded or preoccupied manner
  2. admonition
    a firm rebuke
  3. apropos
    of a suitable, fitting, or pertinent nature
  4. commiserate
    feel or express sympathy or compassion
  5. degenerative
    (of illness) marked by gradual deterioration of organs and cells along with loss of function
  6. furrowed
    having long narrow shallow depressions in the surface
  7. incapacitated
    lacking in or deprived of strength or power
  8. intricacy
    the quality of having elaborately complex detail
  9. lithe
    moving and bending with ease
  10. omnipresent
    existing everywhere at once
  11. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  12. spire
    a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building
  13. topographical
    concerned with topography
  14. waning
    a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent
Created on Sun Apr 15 22:30:00 EDT 2012

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