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TMS-Lockwood/Matis--The Sniper

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  1. twilight
    the time of day immediately following sunset
    The long June twilight faded into night.
  2. envelop
    enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
    Dublin lay enveloped in darkness but for the dim light of the moon that shone through fleecy clouds, casting a pale light as of approaching dawn over the streets and the dark waters of the Liffey.
  3. beleaguer
    annoy persistently
    Around the beleaguered Four Courts the heavy guns roared.
  4. rifle
    a firearm with a long barrel
    Here and there through the city, machine guns and rifles broke the silence of the night, spasmodically, like dogs barking on lone farms.
  5. republican
    having the supreme power lying in citizens entitled to vote
    Republicans and Free Staters were waging civil war.
  6. civil war
    a war between factions in the same country
    Republicans and Free Staters were waging civil war.
  7. ascetic
    someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
    His face was the face of a student, thin and ascetic, but his eyes had the cold gleam of the fanatic.
  8. fanatic
    a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm
    His face was the face of a student, thin and ascetic, but his eyes had the cold gleam of the fanatic.
  9. drought
    a shortage of rainfall
    He finished the sandwich, and, taking a flask of whiskey from his pocket, he took a short drought.
  10. parapet
    a low wall along the edge of a roof or balcony
    Almost immediately, a bullet flattened itself against the parapet of the roof.
  11. pierce
    penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument
    His bullets would never pierce the steel that covered the gray monster.
  12. turret
    a small tower extending above a building
    She began to talk to the man in the turret of the car.
  13. ooze
    pass gradually or leak or as if through small openings
    The blood was oozing through the sleeve of his coat.
  14. paroxysm
    a sudden uncontrollable attack
    A paroxysm of pain swept through him.
  15. corpse
    the dead body of a human being
    The woman's corpse lay still in the gutter.
  16. ruse
    a deceptive maneuver, especially to avoid capture
    His ruse had succeeded.
  17. silhouette
    a filled-in drawing of the outline of an object
    He was now standing before a row of chimney pots, looking across, with his head clearly silhouetted against the western sky.
  18. recoil
    spring back; spring away from an impact
    He was almost deafened with the report and his arm shook with the recoil.
  19. revolt
    rise up against an authority
    Weakened by his wound and the long summer day of fasting and watching on the roof, he revolted from the sight of the shattered mass of his dead enemy.
  20. hurl
    throw forcefully
    He looked at the smoking revolver in his hand, and with an oath he hurled it to the roof at his feet.
  21. concussion
    injury to the brain caused by a blow
    The revolver went off with a concussion and the bullet whizzed past the sniper's head.
Created on Sat Aug 10 09:36:57 EDT 2013 (updated Sat Aug 10 09:37:44 EDT 2013)

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