Part IV, Chapter 20: "Beauty" by Jane Martin

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  1. minimalist
    of or relating to extreme simplification of form and color
    Scene: An apartment. Minimalist set.
  2. petrify
    cause to become stunned or immobile, as with fear or awe
    You know me, when I'm petrified I joke.
  3. elaborate
    marked by complexity and richness of detail
    Is this some elaborate practical joke because it's my birthday?
  4. sarcastic
    expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds
    No, happy birthday, but I'm like crazed because I'm on this deserted beach with a twenty-foot-high, see-through genie, so like sarcastically...you know how I need a new car...I said fine, gimme 25,000 dollars...
  5. dumbstruck
    so surprised or shocked as to be unable to speak
    ...he bows, you know, and says, "It is done, Master," and I say, "Okay, whatever-you-are, I'm calling on my cell phone," and I get it out and I get this doctor who is like dumbstruck who says my uncle came to, walked out of Intensive Care, and left the hospital!
  6. ferocious
    marked by extreme and violent energy
    CARLA: [Trying to get her to move this along.] Ferocious, all-consuming urge…
  7. preposition
    a word before a noun or pronoun connecting to another word
    I'm surrounded by male bimbos who think a preposition is when you go to school away from home.
  8. elite
    a group or class of persons enjoying superior status
    See, you're "in the club" so you can say this. It's the way beauty functions as an elite.
  9. ardent
    characterized by intense emotion
    It's the unspoken, the soundless whisper...millions upon millions of people longing hopelessly and forever to stop being whatever they are and be beautiful, but the difference between those ardent multitudes and me is that I have a goddamn genie and one more wish!
  10. multitude
    the common people generally
    It's the unspoken, the soundless whisper...millions upon millions of people longing hopelessly and forever to stop being whatever they are and be beautiful, but the difference between those ardent multitudes and me is that I have a goddamn genie and one more wish!
Created on Thu May 27 12:17:20 EDT 2021 (updated Fri Jun 04 16:24:50 EDT 2021)

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