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One Hundred Years of Solitude Chapter 3 Vocabulary: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
One Hundred Years of Solitude Chapter 3 Vocabulary: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
3rd Vocabulary
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
or:
or:
meticulous (careful about details)
progressive There was no mystery in the heart of a Buendia that was
impenetrable for her because a century of cards and experience
had taught her that the history of the family was a machine with
unavoidable repetitions, a turning wheel that would have gone on
spilling into eternity were it not for the progressive and
irremediable wearing of the axle.‡
or:
or:
or:
grateful or indebted
diagonal She wore a diagonally striped dress that had been dyed black,
worn by use, and a pair of scaly patent leather boots.†
inexorable = unstoppable
critical Those fickle tricks of memory were even more critical when the
killing of the workers was brought up.‡
or:
or:
recollections = memories
(editor's note: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural
noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight
change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations,
and observations.)
lucid Actually, in spite of the fact that everyone considered him mad,
Jose Arcadio Segundo was at that time the most lucid inhabitant
of the house.
disposal = command
(editor's note: When something is "at someone's disposal" it is "at
their command," or "available for their use." They can use it as
they please.)
entreat The entreaties were useless.†
or:
alternatives = possibilities
irrevocable He himself, facing a firing squad, would not understand too well
the concatenation of the series of subtle but irrevocable accidents
that brought him to that point.†