Angela's Ashes ch. 1

Parrish E. (United States of America)
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  1. woe
    misery resulting from affliction
  2. loquacious
    full of trivial conversation
  3. pious
    having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
  4. pompous
    puffed up with vanity
  5. cacophony
    loud confusing disagreeable sounds
  6. consumption
    the act of using something up
  7. catarrh
    inflammation of the nose and throat with increased production of mucus
  8. nettle
    plant having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation
  9. stout
    having rugged physical strength
  10. novena
    a Roman Catholic devotion consisting of prayers on nine consecutive days
  11. charwoman
    a human female employed to do housework
  12. Skivvies
    men's underwear consisting of cotton T-shirt and shorts
  13. speakeasy
    (during Prohibition) an illegal barroom
  14. gullet
    the passage between the pharynx and the stomach
  15. atrocious
    shockingly brutal or cruel
  16. pram
    a baby carriage with four wheels
  17. consecrated
    made, declared, or believed to be holy
  18. consecrated
    made, declared, or believed to be holy
Created on Mon Oct 05 15:34:36 EDT 2009

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