Kurt Vonnegut

Luis G. (United States of America)
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  1. glee
    great merriment
  2. spastic
    relating to involuntary muscular contractions
  3. chartered
    hired for the exclusive temporary use of a group of travelers
  4. ripe
    fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used
  5. meek
    humble in spirit or manner
  6. putrid
    of or relating to the process of decay
  7. plush
    characterized by extravagance and softness
  8. nestled
    drawn or pressed close to someone or something for or as if for affection or protection
  9. bleakly
    without hope
  10. addled
    confused and vague; used especially of thinking
  11. novelty
    originality by virtue of being refreshingly new
  12. pretext
    a fictitious reason that conceals the real reason
  13. scathingly
    in a scathing and unsparing manner
  14. resent
    feel bitter or indignant about
  15. decrepit
    worn and broken down by hard use
  16. girdle
    a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
  17. bleary
    tired to the point of exhaustion
  18. cupola
    a roof or part of a roof in the form of a dome
  19. wreathe
    decorate or deck with wreaths
  20. festoon
    a decorative representation of a string of flowers
  21. vertigo
    a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
Created on Fri May 29 13:43:28 EDT 2009 (updated Fri May 29 15:11:27 EDT 2009)

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