Atwood "Blind Assassin"

Bosse B. (Sweden)
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  1. kid-glove
    showing skill and sensitivity in dealing with people
  2. baneful
    evil or sinister
  3. scrimp
    be very thrifty or frugal
  4. nooky
    slang for sexual intercourse
  5. oblong
    deviating from a shape by being elongated in one direction
  6. iniquity
    absence of moral or spiritual values
  7. inequity
    injustice by virtue of not conforming with standards
  8. eyetooth
    one of the two pointed, cone-shaped teeth in the upper jaw
  9. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  10. cringe
    draw back, as with fear, pain, or embarrassment
  11. tether
    restraint consisting of a rope or chain
  12. peplum
    a flared ruffle attached to the waistline of a dress or jacket or blouse
  13. baleful
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  14. roil
    make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
  15. muddle
    make clouded as with sediment
  16. pallid
    pale, as of a person's complexion
  17. musty
    covered with or smelling of mold
  18. spout
    gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
  19. onus
    a burdensome or difficult concern
  20. onerous
    burdensome or difficult to endure
  21. wan
    pale, as of a person's complexion
  22. hamper
    prevent the progress or free movement of
  23. slothful
    disinclined to work or exertion
  24. sloth
    a disinclination to work or exert yourself
  25. woebegone
    affected by or full of grief
  26. hijinks
    noisy and mischievous merrymaking
  27. horse
    solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times
  28. long johns
    warm underwear with long legs
  29. kelp
    large brown seaweeds having fluted leathery fronds
  30. natty
    marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners
  31. pinko
    a person with mildly leftist political views
  32. gratuitous
    unnecessary and unwarranted
  33. dowdy
    lacking in stylishness or taste
  34. surreptitious
    marked by quiet and caution and secrecy
  35. thwart
    hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire
  36. compunction
    a feeling of deep regret, usually for some misdeed
  37. contrite
    feeling or expressing pain or sorrow
  38. jeering
    showing your contempt by derision
  39. fob
    short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest
  40. overwrought
    deeply agitated especially from emotion
  41. inert
    unable to move or resist motion
  42. handhold
    an appendage to hold onto
  43. jungle gym
    a structure of vertical and horizontal rods where children can climb and play
  44. brimstone
    an old name for sulfur
  45. feckless
    generally incompetent and ineffectual
  46. paunchy
    having a large belly
  47. wheedling
    the act of urging by means of teasing or flattery
  48. epicene
    having an ambiguous sexual identity
  49. suds
    the froth produced by soaps or detergents
  50. gun moll
    the girlfriend of a gangster
  51. bier
    a stand to support a corpse or a coffin prior to burial
  52. callous
    emotionally hardened
  53. cheek by jowl
    in close proximity
  54. braised
    cooked by browning in fat and then simmering
  55. scrounge
    obtain or seek to obtain by begging, pleading, or flattering
  56. guile
    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
  57. immolation
    killing or offering as a sacrifice
  58. snuffle
    snuff up mucus through the nose
  59. smirch
    smear so as to make dirty or stained
  60. ledge
    a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water
  61. souse
    immerse briefly into a liquid
  62. cog
    tooth on the rim of gear wheel
  63. prowl
    move about in or as if in a predatory manner
  64. ghoulish
    suggesting the horror of death and decay
  65. hoard
    a secret store of valuables or money
  66. gaunt
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
  67. dog in the manger
    someone who prevents you from enjoying something that they themselves have no need for
  68. desiccated
    thoroughly dried out
  69. fusty
    stale and unclean smelling
  70. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
  71. boodle
    a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck); a player plays the lowest card of a suit in his hand and successively higher cards are played until the sequence stops; the player who plays a card matching one in the layout wins all the chips on that card
  72. jaundice
    yellowing of the skin and the whites of the eyes
  73. rarefied
    of high moral or intellectual value
  74. snazzy
    flashily stylish
  75. hector
    talk to or treat someone in a bossy or bullying way
  76. pauper
    a person who is very poor
  77. singe
    burn superficially or lightly
  78. rancour
    a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
  79. torrid
    characterized by intense emotion
  80. wholesale
    the selling of goods to merchants
  81. furrier
    someone who makes or sells garments made of animal pelts
  82. quoits
    a game in which iron rings (or open iron rings) are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it
  83. pall
    burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
  84. nostrum
    patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
  85. panacea
    hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases
  86. scoff
    laugh at with contempt and derision
  87. sash
    a band of material worn around the waist or across the chest
  88. poise
    hold or carry in equilibrium
  89. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  90. noxious
    injurious to physical or mental health
  91. waddle
    walk unsteadily
  92. crock
    an earthen jar (made of baked clay)
  93. troll
    supernatural creature thought to live in caves or mountains
  94. teal
    a blue-green color or pigment
  95. getup
    a set of clothing (with accessories)
  96. cinch
    a band that holds a horse's saddle in place
  97. entropy
    a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome
  98. thrall
    the state of being under the control of another person
  99. pelt
    the dressed hairy coat of a mammal
  100. squalid
    foul and run-down and repulsive
  101. hovel
    small crude shelter used as a dwelling
  102. squint
    partly close one's eyes, as when hit by direct light
  103. urchin
    a poor and often mischievous city child
  104. oblong
    deviating from a shape by being elongated in one direction
  105. pounce
    move down on as if in an attack
  106. spurious
    plausible but false
  107. truncate
    make shorter as if by cutting off
  108. dire
    fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
Created on Sat Aug 16 18:25:57 EDT 2008 (updated Sat Oct 29 00:12:19 EDT 2011)

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