vocabulary

Chapter One
Quivering
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Chapter two
Revered
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"He began by mumbling something about it being a sad day and how much
he had revered Grandpa and he couldn't believe he was dead, despite
Grandpa being a lot older." (18)
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Chapter three
Rendition
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"Not that I hated hearing them: they were actually pretty wicked, but I could
have done with fewer renditions, despite the fact that they came in useful
whenever I wanted Vanessa to give me a moment of her time." (29)
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Blather

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"Dear Adam,
By now you have seen me blathering on in the video about how much I love
you all." (32)

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Chapter four
Nosedive
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"The plane did a nosedive and I couldn't stop it." (39)
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Manure
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"I would get to know them well, know exactly when the rooster crowed each
morning, and learn to live with the smell of manure in that damp, dark
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Chapter five
Dole

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"You have to dole it out bit by bit, making the payoff even better and better,
until you get them to the story's climax." (58)
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Chapter six
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Chapter seven
Genuine
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"Not the grandson of the great World War II aviator and son of the decorated
Gulf War fighter and genuine hero." (69)
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Reveres
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"He thinks of them as heroes and he - what is the word? - reveres Monsieur
McLean too." (89)
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Chapter eight
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Chapter nine
Brutality
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"A romantic who was angered by the brutality of war, he was fed up with the
bloodthirstiness on all sides." (111)
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Rapt
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"He was telling a story and the others were listening with rapt attention,
their mouths actually hanging open." (113)
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Chapter ten
Intrude
WORD IN SPANISH:
"He raised his head again, as if my comment was a great intrusion on his
time and dignity." (124)
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Gorgeous
WORD IN SPANISH:
"It was a gorgeous day, the water deep blue and lapping gently on the shore,
the sky a lighter blue and cloudless, the white and gray rocks rising up like
sculptures on the islands a few miles away." (129)
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Chapter twelve
Bygone
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"During the month I was with them, they told me tales...of ghosts and giants
who, they claimed, used to roam southern France long ago; and of lions and
rhinoceroses that, in their imaginations, were the French beasts of bygone
days." (145)
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Depictions
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"On the walls were depictions of animals that had lived there, and among
them were lions and rhinoceroses." (147)
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Chapter thirteen
Neglected
WORD IN SPANISH:
"As I stood there, a good hundred feet away, a car pulled up and a man got
out, wearing glasses and sporting a frizzy hairstyle that could be best
described as neglected." (169)
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Meandered
WORD IN SPANISH:
"People must have meandered by here from time to time. They probably
even got much closer to the cave than this." (171)
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Chapter fourteen
Fortified
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"The cave was heavily fortified and protected." (179)
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Conviction
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"I tried to say it with conviction, but it didn't come out that way." (180)
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Chapter fifteen
Reluctantly
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"I reluctantly opened the door and got in." (190)
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Fraught

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"It seemed fraught with problems and yet the more I thought about it, the
more it appealed to me." (192)
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Chapter sixteen
Elude
WORD IN SPANISH:
"How on earth would I be able to elude him!" (210)
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Dilapidated
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"When somebody finally did stop for me, in another dilapidated old Citroen, I
didn't say a word about why I was hitchhiking." (213)
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Chapter seventeen
Inquire
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"He glanced down at the shape in my jacket more than once but never
enquired." (219)
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Vague
WORD IN SPANISH:
"I told them only vague things about what had happened during my
assignments, saying that I'd simply done 'okay.'" (225)
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Chapter eighteen
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Chapter nineteen
Interchangeable
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"In fact, they seemed interchangeable in my mind. I didn't know whether to
feel guilty or good about that." (239)
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Dwell
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"I tried to keep my mind on her and other good things and not dwell on what
had happened back in France." (239)
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