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  1. distinct
    clearly or sharply defined to the mind
    I can remember some things upon that evening most distinctly, and others are like some vague, broken dreams.
  2. vague
    lacking clarity or distinctness
    I can remember some things upon that evening most distinctly, and others are like some vague, broken dreams.
  3. glaring
    shining intensely
    Then I remember the big motor, with its glaring headlights and litter of polished brass, waiting for me outside.
  4. chauffeur
    a man paid to drive a privately owned car
    I remember also asking Perkins, my chauffeur, how she had gone, and his saying that he thought she was excellent.
  5. notch
    a small cut
    My old car had the gears as they used always to be in notches on a bar.
  6. steep
    set at a high angle (of a slope)
    We were just over the brow of this hill, where the grade is steepest, when the trouble began.
  7. lever
    a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
    I didn’t mind so much when I felt my foot-brake snap, but when I put all my weight on my side-brake, and the lever clanged to its full limit without a catch, it brought a cold sweat out of me.
  8. intention
    a wish or design that you plan to carry out
    I had thought at the very beginning of taking the bank, and he read my intention.
  9. strain
    an intense or violent exertion
    The wheels were whirring like a high wind and the big body creaking and groaning with the strain.
  10. majestic
    having or displaying great dignity or nobility
    I remember thinking what an awful and yet majestic sight we should appear to anyone who met us.
  11. stagger
    walk as if unable to control one's movements
    I thought we were surely over, but after staggering for a moment she righted and darted onwards.
  12. jar
    move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion
    Perhaps I could have done it, but I expect that the steering-gear had been jarred when we ran on the bank.
  13. pillar
    a vertical cylindrical structure supporting a structure
    Perkins and I threw our bodies across, and then the next instant, going at fifty miles an hour, my right wheel struck full on the right-hand pillar of my own gate.
  14. conscious
    showing realization or recognition of something
    I was conscious of flying through the air, and then – and then –!
  15. genuine
    not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed
    I imagined at first that it was Perkins, but when I looked again I saw that it was Stanley, a man whom I had known at college some years before, and for whom I had a really genuine affection.
  16. peculiar
    beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
    There was always something peculiarly sympathetic to me in Stanley’s personality; and I was proud to think that I had some similar influence upon him.
  17. sympathetic
    having similar disposition and tastes
    There was always something peculiarly sympathetic to me in Stanley’s personality; and I was proud to think that I had some similar influence upon him.
  18. giddy
    having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
    At the present moment I was surprised to see him, but I was like a man in a dream, giddy and shaken and quite prepared to take things as I found them without questioning them.
  19. wistful
    showing pensive sadness
    He nodded his head, and even in the gloom I could see that he was smiling the gentle, wistful smile which I connected with him.
  20. exceeding
    far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree
    But my senses were exceedingly alert.
Created on Mon Mar 05 11:32:17 EST 2018 (updated Mon Aug 12 09:50:05 EDT 2019)

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