Vocabulary

// ferreting: // to drive out or chase as though using a ferret, The part of a circle representing the apparent course of a heavenly body // acrid: // extremely or sharply stinging or bitter.
 * Chapter 1**

//facility//:moving, acting with ease // premium: //a reward or recompense for a particular act // impacted: //Pressed firmly together, in particular
 * Chapter 2**

//revulsion:// A sense of disgust.
 * Chapter 6 **

//trauma:// A deeply distressing or disturbing experience
 * Chapter 9**

//dumbfounded:// Greatly astonish or amaze //di////smissive:// Feeling or showing that something is unworthy of consideration
 * Chapter 11**

//ordained:// Make (someone) a priest or minister; confer holy orders on //chiding:// Scold or rebuke
 * Chapter 15**

// brazen: //Bold and without shame. // exodus: // A mass departure of people, esp. emigrants.
 * Chapter 16**

// nihilistic: //An extreme form of skepticism that denies all existence // maniacal: //wildly disordered
 * Chapter 19**

// indignant: //Feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment.
 * Chapter 20**

// peeved: // Annoyed or irritated // veneer: // A thin layer of wood or other material for facing or inlaying wood // patois p. 124: // A regional form of a language especially of french, differing from the standard, literary form of the language // lilt: // Rhythmic swing or cadence, The lateral lobe of each cerebral hemisphere, in front of the occipital lobe.
 * Chapter 21**

// rote: //Mechanical or habitual repetition of something to be learned // spartan: //Rigorously self- disciplined or self-restrained // strategize: //Devise a strategy or strategies
 * Chapter 22**

// pawnbroker: //<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;">A person who lends money at interest on the security of an article pawned.
 * Chapter 26 **

//inevitability:// <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;">Impossible to avoid or prevent //pulmonary fibrosis:// <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;">the formation or development of excess fibrous connective tissue (fibrosis) in the lungs. It can be described as "scarring of the lung" //decommissioned p. 179:// <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;">Make (a nuclear reactor or weapon) inoperative, and dismantle and decontaminate it to make it safe. //miming:// <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;">Use gesture and movement without words in the acting of (a play or role).
 * Chapter 27 **
 * Chapter 28 **
 * Chapter 29**

//edict:// <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;">An official order or proclamation. //sequestered p. 198:// <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;">Isolated and hidden away
 * Chapter 32**

// douse: //<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;">Pour a liquid over; drench: // pecking orders: //<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;">A hierarchy of status seen among members of a group of people or animals, originally as observed among hens // tribunal: //<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;">A court of justice
 * Chapter 33**

// rancid: //<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;">Smelling or tasting unpleasant as a result of being old and stale // enviable: //<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;">Arousing or likely to arouse envy. // rueful: //<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;">Expressing sorrow or regret
 * Chapter 34**

// sentry: //<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;"> A soldier stationed to keep guard or to control access to a place // lax: //<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;">Not sufficiently strict or severe
 * Chapter 35**

// ipecac: //<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;">The dried rhizome of a South American shrub, or a drug prepared from this, used as an emetic and expectorant
 * Chapter 39**

// consolation p. 286: //<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;">Comfort received by a person after a loss or disappointment // perish //<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;"> Suffer death, typically in a violent, sudden, or untimely way.
 * Chapte r 59 **

// detonators: //<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;">A device or a small, sensitive charge used to detonate an explosive. // grafted: //<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;">Make money by shady or dishonest means // jeers: //<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;">Make rude and mocking remarks, typically in a loud voice. // pompous p. 296: //<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;">Affectedly and irritatingly grand, solemn, or self-important
 * Chapte r 62 **

// futility: //<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;">uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result
 * Chapte r 64 **

// stigmata: //<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;"> A mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality, or person
 * Chapter 65 **

// indisputable: //<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;">Not disputable; unable to be challenged or denied // scaffolding: //<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;"> temporary structure on the outside of a building, made of wooden planks and metal poles, used by workers while building, repairing, or cleaning the building.
 * Chapter 67 **

// inadvertently: //<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;">unwittingly: without knowledge or intention // obligatory: //<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;">Required by a legal, moral, or other rule; compulsory // stifling: //<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;">Make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate
 * Chapter 68 **

// redemption: //<span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 15px;">The action of saving or being saved from sin, error, or evil
 * Chapter 69 **