A Temporary Matter

Rebecca C. (Taiwan)
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  1. consolation
    the act of giving relief in affliction
  2. chintz
    a brightly printed and glazed cotton fabric
  3. jostle
    make one's way by pushing or shoving
  4. arsenal
    all the weapons and equipment that a country has
  5. embroider
    decorate with needlework
  6. decipher
    convert something hidden or secretive into ordinary language
  7. barricade
    a barrier to impede the advance of an enemy
  8. Cognac
    high quality grape brandy distilled in the Cognac district of France
  9. kerosene
    a flammable hydrocarbon oil used as fuel
  10. impeccable
    without error or flaw
  11. rotund
    spherical in shape
  12. trot
    ride at a gait faster than a walk
  13. torso
    the body excluding the head and neck and limbs
  14. turban
    a headdress made of a long scarf wrapped around the head
  15. emaciate
    grow weak and thin or waste away physically
  16. affinity
    a natural attraction or feeling of kinship
  17. magenta
    a primary subtractive color for light
  18. bronze
    an alloy of copper and tin and sometimes other elements
  19. plummet
    drop sharply
  20. defile
    make dirty or spotty
  21. monastic
    relating to life in an isolated religious community
  22. translucent
    allowing light to pass through diffusely
  23. pewter
    any of various alloys of tin with small amounts of other metals (especially lead)
  24. betel
    Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians
  25. fret
    be agitated or irritated
  26. summon
    ask to come
  27. lozenge
    a small aromatic or medicated candy
  28. toil
    work hard
  29. cashew
    a kidney-shaped nut
  30. gel
    a colloid in a more solid form than a sol
  31. protuberant
    curving, jutting, or bulging outward
  32. lasagna
    a baked dish of layered pasta
  33. thigh
    the part of the leg between the hip and the knee
  34. quadrangle
    a four-sided polygon
  35. corridor
    an enclosed passageway
  36. sari
    a draped dress worn primarily by Hindu women
  37. gnarled
    old and twisted and covered in lines
  38. halibut
    a large, marine flatfish that is commonly used as food
  39. chenille
    a soft tufted cord used in embroidery
Created on Tue May 14 22:48:06 EDT 2013 (updated Sun May 19 22:50:56 EDT 2013)

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