Glossary

her eyes when I described the amount of weaponry Johnny had at his disposal and the fortifications he had arranged around himself. || The fortifications that were set up protected the people during the battle. ||
 * Word || Page || Sentence from Novel || My new Sentence ||
 * Fortifications || 18 || Her face remained calm, except for a small worry line above
 * Jubilation || 18 || She had shared my jubilation over his reappearance... || There was jubilation when their daughter was found alive and well. ||
 * Intuitively || 23 || Farmers know intuitively when when the pitch and rhythm of things moves beyond the predictable and the usual. || She seemed to have a intuitive knowledge of what I was going to do next. ||
 * Mincingly || 26 || She came forward almost mincingly and extended a thin, pale hand that trembled slightly and earned her the sympathy of all the women in the background. || They drove mincingly over the icy road. ||
 * Languid || 27 || ...leaving those crystal-clear eyes as languid, placid as troutless ponds. || He was in a languid mood when he was told to do the chores he hated most. ||
 * Devotedly || 17 || ..and then casually, gently and devotedly, reached inside me and opened me up. || He served his master devotedly and earned his respect. ||
 * Ordained || 17 || We graduated together and were married the summer we became ordained. || He was ordained to be pastor of the Waldheim church. ||
 * Inherent || 33 || ...my mother explained to me the virtue inherent in simple dress. || The doctor spoke in an inherent manner when he explained to his patient what he found. ||
 * Neolithic || 40 || For me, baseball was extraneous effort I'd have sooner applied my studies, and for John, it was neolithic goonery. || Her clothes were so neolithic it was almost insane. The other girls were saying things like. "get with it girl". ||
 * Escapades || 57 || ...while he recounted embarrassing excapades of their younger days. || Their escapades got them in trouble with the police the next day. ||
 * Reminiscences || 62 || Johnny and I laughed at their reminiscences. || His reminiscences had all the people laughing at the craziness of it all. ||
 * Ineptness || 71 || Together we traveled the distance between ineptness and proficiency. || Nobody wanted him to help because he was a very inept person. ||
 * Pantomime || 71 || Despite all the hours of pantomime in frount of my mirror, we still haden't actually hit a ball. || The kids all had to chose a person they liked and try to be like them by pantomime. ||
 * Incentive || 80 || "Incentive it's like encouragement", he said. || Her manager offered her an incentive a free trip because she was one of his best clients. ||
 * belittled || 131 || He and his brothers moved around their city and their school as outsiders, unaccepted and belittled. || She left a bilittled comment on his webpage. ||
 * presbyterian || 132 || He became a regular at at that chruch, Knox presbyterian. || The presbyterian chruch is a family of Christian denominations within the Reformed branch of Protestant Western Christianity. ||
 * Militaristic || 189 || "No," I said. "Far to militaristic for me." || The new government of Cuba is very militaristic. ||
 * Angst || 194 || No deep seated angst for the white man? || Jenny's angst increased greatly when Megaen loaded her with homework. :) ||
 * Resonant || 195 || ...a pure resonant thrum of power everywhere. || The resonance of the preachers voice carried over the whole congregation. ||
 * Amiably || 195 || We'd chat amiably on the drive to the farm about school, that suncay's text, life and farming. || She talked to the man in an amiable manner. ||
 * Catalyst || 195 || The challenge of high school was my catalyst and I responded with high averages... || The catalyst for our car wash was the Save the Children campaign. ||
 * Mongrelized || 201 || He mongrelized us, lessened us, defined us by his bleary-eyed vision of the world. || Our dog was a mongrelized version of a golden retreaver. ||
 * Benevolence || 203 || ...its obvious benevolence coaxed me into stepping out to join them. || Megaen went on the Walk for Charity in a benevolent manner. ||
 * Disenfranchised || 240 || "Exactly". your desenfranchised. || His right to vote was disenfranchised. ||
 * coup || 286 || But it's still possible to count coup these days. || They staged a coup to overthrow the government. ||
 * detonator || 287 || The knapsack. The detonator. || The detonator was set off before the bombs to warn the people. ||
 * solidarity || 287 || ...Warriors that the idea of one crazy waving guns and planting bombs in solidarity isn't so big a stretch." || We stood together in solidarity with the soldiers hating the evil of wars. ||
 * Euphemism || 288 || Euphemism is as strong a weapon as bullets and steel, you know. || She used euphemism instead of using bad words to describe the condition of the house after the party. ||
 * Farce || 288 || Can't you see the farce in that? || The meeting was a complete farce. ||
 * Phantasmagoria || 298 || ...deeper and darker colors in a phantasmagoria of loyalties and associations. || The drug addict experienced phantasmagoria when he was high. ||
 * Farcical || 299 || Their was indeed a a farcical quality to the history of this land... || The wild farcical of the clown with green hair had the children laughing. ||