Fryguy's Introduction to Fiction Words (List 1)
Good words from Introduction to Fiction
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misnomer
an incorrect or unsuitable name"The label fairy tale is something of an English misnomer..." (11)
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temerity
fearless daring"A few of the ladies had the temerity to call, but were not received,..." (31)
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dissemble
hide under a false appearance"...dissemble no more!" (40)
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sardonic
disdainfully or ironically humorous"Creole started into something else, it was almost sardonic, it was 'Am I Blue.'" (71)
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solicitude
a feeling of excessive concern"It was a loving letter, full of tender solicitude." (113)
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inviolate
not injured physically or mentally"If she was not an immaculate dove in those days, she was still inviolate." (112)
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poignant
keenly distressing to the mind or feelings"This fear quickly became poignant as he realized that it was no longer a mere matter of freezing his fingers and toes...." (123)
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apocryphal
being of questionable authenticity"Digby had ... spent the better part of the past two nights telling us apocryphal tales of Bruce Lee types..." (127)
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insidious
working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way"...replicating itself insidiously into a syndrome..." (133)
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ravening
excessively greedy and grasping"...his latent ravening ferocity..." (158)
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implacable
incapable of being appeased or pacified"...the father stood over them in turn, implacable and grim..." (161)
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parsimony
extreme stinginess"...one's cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied." (169)
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meretricious
tastelessly showy"...properly proclaiming its value by substance alone and not by meretricious ornamentation..." (170)
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discreet
marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint"For ten seconds let us regard with discreet scrutiny some inconsequential object in the other direction." (171)
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dandy
a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance"...there was something of the dandy about him..." (492)
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indigent
poor enough to need help from others"...most of them supporting indigent husbands or brothers..." (499)
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abashed
feeling or caused to feel uneasy and self-conscious"He was not in the least abashed or lonely." (502)
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alight
settle or come to rest"...Paul alighted from his car..." (495)
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sabotage
a deliberate act of destruction or disruption"Your crime is sabotage..." (175)
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harangue
a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion"He got carried away with his harangue, which was by no means trivial and had worked to his advantage on numerous occasions." (176)
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perfunctory
hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough"...a perfunctory, tuneless chant that had been rattled off duly each year..." (248)
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magnanimous
noble and generous in spirit"A boundless and generous contentment, a magnanimous triumph felt not against some outer enemy but in communion with the finest and fairest in the souls of all men everywhere..." (244)
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obduracy
resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible"Why, believing as he did, that all human obduracy was susceptible to common sense, was he unable to turn back?" (237)
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benign
kind in disposition or manner"...the benign grey beard of a man..." (244)
Created on Wed Oct 02 21:54:15 EDT 2013
(updated Sat Oct 19 07:56:45 EDT 2013)
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