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car⋅da⋅mom

   /ˈkɑrdəməm/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [kahr-duh-muhm] Show IPA –noun

1.	the aromatic seed capsules of a tropical Asian plant, Elettaria cardamomum, of the ginger family, used as a spice or condiment and in medicine.

2.	the plant itself.

3.	a related plant, Amomum compactum, or its seeds, used as a substitute for true cardamom.

ca⋅dence

   /ˈkeɪdns/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [keyd-ns] Show IPA noun, verb, -denced, -denc⋅ing. –noun Also, cadency.

1.	rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds or words: the cadence of language.

2.	(in free verse) a rhythmic pattern that is nonmetrically structured.

3.	the beat, rate, or measure of any rhythmic movement: The chorus line danced in rapid cadence.

a little learning is a dangerous thing

Rebut - to refute by evidence or argument.



Filigree-
delicate ornamental work of fine silver, gold, or other metal wires, esp. lacy jewelers' work of scrolls and arabesques.

anything very delicate or fanciful: a filigree of frost.

Oracle

1.	(esp. in ancient Greece) an utterance, often ambiguous or obscure, given by a priest or priestess at a shrine as the response of a god to an inquiry.

2.	the agency or medium giving such responses.

3.	a shrine or place at which such responses were given: the oracle of Apollo at Delphi.

4.	a person who delivers authoritative, wise, or highly regarded and influential pronouncements.

5.	a divine communication or revelation.

6.	any person or thing serving as an agency of divine communication.

7.	any utterance made or received as authoritative, extremely wise, or infallible.

Tyranny

1.	arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority.

2.	the government or rule of a tyrant or absolute ruler.

3.	a state ruled by a tyrant or absolute ruler.

4.	oppressive or unjustly severe government on the part of any ruler.

5.	undue severity or harshness.

6.	a tyrannical act or proceeding.

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Verbiage

1.	overabundance or superfluity of words, as in writing or speech; wordiness; verbosity.

2.	manner or style of expressing something in words; wording: a manual of official verbiage.

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Dwindled

1.	to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.

2.	to fall away, as in quality; degenerate.

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drones
noun

1.	the male of the honeybee and other bees, stingless and making no honey.

2.	a remote control mechanism, as a radio-controlled airplane or boat.

3.	a person who lives on the labor of others; parasitic loafer.

4.

a drudge.

Cheshire
noun

1.	Formerly, Chester. a county in NW England. 910,900; 899 sq. mi. (2328 sq. km).

2.	a town in central Connecticut. 21,788.

3.	Also called Cheshire cheese, Chester. a hard cheese, yellowish, orange, or white in color, made of cow's milk and similar to cheddar.

furled-

to gather into a compact roll and bind securely, as a sail against a spar or a flag against its staff.

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Mediocre-of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate.

arsonist-noun a person who commits arson
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treason - the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.

loam - a rich, friable soil containing a relatively equal mixture of sand and silt and a somewhat smaller proportion of clay.

praetorian - of or pertaining to a praetor.

centrifuge - an apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream.

Antaeus - an African giant who was invincible when in contact with the earth but was lifted into the air by Hercules and crushed.

Insidious - intended to entrap or beguile: an insidious plan.

Harlequin - a comic character in commedia dell'arte and the harlequinade, usually masked, dressed in multicolored, diamond-patterned tights, and carrying a wooden sword or magic wand.

The portion that we read today talked about when he came home, he found his wife over dosed on sleeping pills. She was layed out on the bed overdosed. As soon as he saw her he knew what had happened. He called 911 and she got rushed to the hospital. They pumped her stomach and she stayed the night in the hospital. The book talks alot about what is going on in his head during the overdose. When she gets out of the hospital she doesn't know what happened that day and she forgets everything having to do with the overdose.


Words
-fibre - a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn
- tallow-the fatty tissue or suet of animals.

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This book is narrated by a guy who is a fireman, this man talks very metaphorically through the beggining of the book. It explains a little bit about his job and what he actually thinks about. After he leaves the firestation he meets a girl. While he is on his way home he meets a new girl. Apparently this girl is new to the negiborhood. The fireman talks to her for a bit about his job and how he constantly smells like kerosene. The girl noticed that he was a fireman because she could smell the keronsene off of him. She doesnt mind the smell. They talk for a little bit while they both walk together toward there homes.


Words:
kerosene-a mixture of liquid hydrocarbons obtained by distilling petroleum
illumination- an act or instance of illuminating.