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Beautiful Boy, Chap. 19

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  1. absentmindedly
    in an absentminded or preoccupied manner
  2. amoeba
    a single-celled organism that lives in water or soil
  3. analogous
    similar or equivalent in some respects
  4. anew
    again, but in a new or different way
  5. astragal
    the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint
  6. barrage
    the heavy fire of artillery to saturate an area
  7. beleaguer
    annoy persistently
  8. careen
    move at high speed and in an uncontrolled way
  9. chinquapin
    small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut
  10. debilitating
    impairing strength and vitality
  11. despondency
    feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
  12. exasperation
    actions that cause great irritation
  13. expunge
    remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
  14. fir
    any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies
  15. ghastly
    shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
  16. inexorably
    in a manner impervious to change or persuasion
  17. interminable
    tiresomely long; seemingly without end
  18. lobotomy
    surgery on nerves to and from the frontal lobe of the brain
  19. Piqueria
    small genus of tropical American perennial herbs or subshrubs with white to pale yellow flowers; often included in genus Stevia
  20. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
  21. pristine
    immaculately clean and unused
  22. succumb
    give in, as to overwhelming force, influence, or pressure
  23. verdant
    characterized by abundance of vegetation and green foliage
Created on 四月 1, 2012

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