East of Eden by Steinbeck

Simon S.
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  1. eminent
    standing above others in quality or position
  2. pique
    call forth, as an emotion, feeling, or response
  3. busby
    tall hat
  4. poultice
    a medical dressing spread on a cloth and applied to the skin
  5. malingering
    evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated
  6. concupiscence
    a desire for sexual intimacy
  7. japan
    lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient
  8. Methuselah
    a patriarch who is said to have lived 969 years
  9. entrain
    board a train
  10. squaw
    an American Indian woman
  11. scunner
    a strong dislike
  12. alluvium
    clay or silt or gravel carried by rushing streams and deposited where the stream slows down
  13. auger
    a hand tool used to bore holes
  14. bumptiousness
    offensive boldness and assertiveness
  15. inviolate
    not injured physically or mentally
  16. chiseler
    a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
  17. demure
    shy or modest, often in a playful or provocative way
  18. paregoric
    medicine used to treat diarrhea
  19. codicil
    a supplement to a will
  20. crepe
    a small, thin pancake
  21. doxology
    a hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God
  22. freshet
    the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
  23. portiere
    a heavy curtain hung across a doorway
  24. daguerreotype
    an early type of photograph produced on a silver plate
  25. cotoneaster
    any shrub of the genus Cotoneaster: erect or creeping shrubs having richly colored autumn foliage and many small white to pinkish flowers followed by tiny red or black fruits
  26. consternation
    sudden shock or dismay that causes confusion
  27. picturesque
    suggesting or suitable for an artistic composition
  28. everlasting
    continuing forever or indefinitely
  29. button up
    refuse to talk or stop talking; fall silent
  30. buttress
    a support usually of stone or brick
  31. privet
    any of various Old World shrubs having smooth entire leaves and terminal panicles of small white flowers followed by small black berries; many used for hedges
  32. drummer
    someone who plays a drum
  33. doubletree
    a crossbar on a wagon or carriage to which two whiffletrees are attached in order to harness two horses abreast
Created on Fri Jun 01 15:20:57 EDT 2012

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