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Flannery O'Connor

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  1. conscience
    motivation deriving from ethical or moral principles
    I couldn't answer to my conscience if I did."
  2. valise
    a small overnight bag for short trips
    She had her big black valise that looked like the head of a hippopotamus in one corner, and underneath it she was hiding a basket with Pitty Sing, the cat, in it.
  3. outskirts
    area relatively far from the center, as of a city or town
    It took them twenty minutes to reach the outskirts of the city.
  4. disposition
    your usual mood
    He didn't have a naturally sunny disposition like she did and trips made him nervous.
  5. delicacy
    the quality of being exquisitely fine in appearance
    He was busy catching fleas on himself and biting each one carefully between his teeth as if it were a delicacy.
  6. frenzy
    state of violent mental agitation
    "We've had an ACCIDENT!" the children screamed in a frenzy of delight.
  7. predicament
    an unpleasant or difficult situation
    "Look here now," Bailey began suddenly, "we're in a predicament!
  8. epidemic
    a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease
    My daddy died in nineteen ought nineteen of the epidemic flu and I never had a thing to do with it.
  9. gaunt
    very thin, especially from disease or hunger or cold
  10. amble
    walk leisurely
  11. placid
    calm and free from disturbance
  12. oppressed
    burdened psychologically or mentally
  13. guffaw
    a burst of loud and hearty laughter
  14. morose
    showing a brooding ill humor
Created on 十月 15, 2013 (updated 十月 15, 2013)

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