Words of the Work: Slaughterhouse Five
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soliloquize
to talk to oneself
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irony
incongruity between what might be expected and what occurs
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covetous
immoderately desirous of aqcuiring something
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sordid
morally degraded
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unmitigated
not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity
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peity
righteousness by virtue of being religiously devout
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putrid
morally corrupt or evil
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addle
mix up or confuse
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pretext
a fictitious reason that conceals the real reason
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ghastly
gruesomely indicative of death or the dead
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decrepit
lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
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resolute
characterized by quickness or firmness
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clemency
leniency and compassion shown toward offenders
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vertigo
a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
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balderdash
trivial nonsense
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mosaic
design made of smaller pieces of colored stone or glass
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extrapolate
draw from specific cases for more general cases
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acrimonious
marked by strong resentment or cynicism
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rarefied
of high moral or intellectual value
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feign
give false appearance of
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