Isaac Asimov

Ton C. (Thailand)
From Nightfall
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  1. wondrous
    extraordinarily good or great
  2. gaunt
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
  3. ebullient
    joyously unrestrained
  4. edgy
    in a very tense state
  5. dispassionate
    unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice
  6. impartial
    free from undue bias or preconceived opinions
  7. amiable
    diffusing warmth and friendliness
  8. airy
    open to or abounding in fresh atmosphere
  9. encircled
    confined on all sides
  10. dour
    showing a brooding ill humor
  11. austere
    of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor
  12. demeanor
    the way a person behaves toward other people
  13. gleam
    a flash of light
  14. somber
    serious and gloomy in character
  15. baleful
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  16. oppressive
    weighing heavily on the senses or spirit
  17. jagged
    having a sharply uneven surface or outline
  18. hurl
    throw forcefully
  19. aeon
    the longest division of geological time
  20. crackpot
    a whimsically eccentric person
  21. stocky
    having a short and solid form or stature
  22. squinting
    having eyes half closed in order to see better
  23. anguish
    extreme distress of body or mind
  24. despondent
    without or almost without hope
  25. onslaught
    an offensive against an enemy
  26. hindsight
    understanding the nature of an event after it has happened
  27. telltale
    disclosing unintentionally
  28. scrawny
    being very thin
  29. scavenger
    someone who collects things discarded by others
  30. ghoul
    an evil spirit or ghost
  31. sheer
    so thin as to transmit light
  32. frantic
    marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion
  33. batten
    a strip fixed to something to hold it firm
  34. loom
    a textile machine for weaving yarn into a textile
  35. bulwark
    an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes
  36. sturdy
    having rugged physical strength
  37. imperil
    pose a threat to; present a danger to
  38. hastily
    in a hurried manner
  39. tarpaulin
    waterproofed canvas
  40. sift
    move as if through a sieve
  41. blotted out
    reduced to nothingness
  42. myriad
    a large indefinite number
  43. hysterical
    characterized by a state of violent mental agitation
  44. wail
    a cry of sorrow and grief
  45. slumber
    be asleep
  46. slipshod
    marked by great carelessness
  47. entomb
    place in a grave or tomb
  48. abrade
    rub hard or scrub
  49. midden
    a heap of dung or refuse
  50. husky
    deep and harsh sounding
Created on Sun Nov 03 03:30:53 EST 2013 (updated Sun Nov 03 11:21:21 EST 2013)

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