Flush: Chapters 11–15

by Carl Hiaasen
While his father sits in jail for eco-terrorism, Noah sets out to prove that a casino boat is illegally polluting a local harbor.

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  1. remorseful
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
    Mom must have figured that this was as good a time as any for Dad to start acting remorseful, even if he didn’t mean it.
  2. dome
    an informal term for a human head
    His slick bald dome glowed pink in the pale light, and his smile was as crooked as his nose.
  3. indifference
    the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care
    His gaze revealed nothing but icy and casual indifference, and I had no doubt he was capable of anything—even killing Lice Peeking.
  4. intimidated
    made scared or fearful as by threats
    Dad didn’t seem even slightly intimidated by the bald-headed goon, which is one of my father’s problems.
  5. traipse
    walk or tramp about
    We traipsed from one side of the basin to the other, up and down the charter docks.
  6. gorge
    overeat or eat immodestly
    In the glow from the dashboard his face appeared to be covered with odd black freckles—but then I realized that the freckles were actually more mosquitoes, too gorged with blood to fly away.
  7. glisten
    be shiny, as if wet
    Her skinny bare legs glistened with insect repellent.
  8. tamper
    play around with, alter, or falsify, usually dishonestly
    In any case, the sheriff ordered my father hauled in again, for “tampering with a court-ordered monitoring device.”
  9. cesspool
    a covered cistern for waste water and sewage
    “Look, I wasn’t trying to be some kind of hero when I pulled the plugs on Dusty’s boat. I was only trying to stop him from using the ocean as a cesspool.
  10. reluctant
    not eager
    Abbey looked like she wanted to give me a hug, but she was understandably reluctant to get slimed.
  11. gingerly
    with extreme care or delicacy
    Abbey got some ice cubes from the refrigerator and wrapped them in a dish towel, which Shelly gingerly positioned across her brow.
  12. dinghy
    a small boat of shallow draft
    Abbey and I hurried toward the canal, where Rado kept a blue dinghy tied to the seawall.
  13. superstition
    an irrational belief arising from ignorance or fear
    Growing up near the ocean, you learn about some strange superstitions.
  14. massacre
    the savage and excessive killing of many people
    If you’ve never heard two raccoons fighting before, you’d swear it was a chainsaw massacre.
  15. scamper
    run or move about quickly or lightly
    I scampered to the upper deck and ran straight for the bow.
Created on Fri Jan 31 20:15:47 EST 2014 (updated Wed Jul 30 13:52:28 EDT 2025)

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