Time Machine Chapter 5

Sue H.
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  1. hitherto
    up to this point; until the present time
  2. egotism
    an exaggerated opinion of your own importance
  3. fancied
    formed or conceived by the imagination
  4. coo
    speak softly or lovingly
  5. quaintly
    in a quaint old-fashioned manner
  6. stagger
    walk with great difficulty
  7. abruptly
    quickly and without warning
  8. rendering
    a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role
  9. melodious
    having a musical sound; especially a pleasing tune
  10. edifice
    a structure that has a roof and walls
  11. fretted
    having frets
  12. grave
    a place for the burial of a corpse
  13. posterity
    all future generations
  14. portal
    a grand and imposing entrance
  15. waxen
    made of or covered with wax
  16. variegated
    having an assortment of colors
  17. dingy
    thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot
  18. grotesque
    distorted and unnatural in shape or size
  19. proportionately
    in proportion
  20. unglazed
    not having a shiny coating
  21. channel
    a deep and relatively narrow body of water
  22. frequent
    coming at short intervals or habitually
  23. transverse
    extending or lying across, in a crosswise direction
  24. innumerable
    too many to be counted
  25. hypertrophied
    (of an organ or body part) excessively enlarged as a result of increased size in the constituent cells
  26. loth
    (usually followed by `to') strongly opposed
  27. dilapidated
    in a state of decay, ruin, or deterioration
  28. fracture
    breaking of hard tissue such as bone
  29. picturesque
    suggesting or suitable for an artistic composition
  30. carnal
    of or relating to the body or flesh
  31. husk
    material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
  32. staple
    material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing
  33. import
    bring in from abroad
  34. checked
    patterned with alternating squares of color
  35. resolute
    firm in purpose or belief
Created on Tue Jan 15 23:30:25 EST 2013 (updated Tue Jan 15 23:38:32 EST 2013)

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