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“Sometimes the art of fiction isn’t in how intellectual it is, but how well it makes you actually forget the world around you. Sometimes, binge reading to escape reality can save a person’s life.”
maw
Jaws or throat of a voracious animal
“For the last time,” Fletcher said loudly, “it is dromedaries, not camels. Dromedaries have one hump, camels have two.
exsanguination
Draining of blood
Petrichor.
The earthy scent produced when rain falls on dry soil
serrated,
Sawlike
“I’m sorry, I thought you’d already been awake literally all day and this was considered afternoon.” “Bloody hell, Carter, that is not how you use the word literally. Next you’ll be saying you’re nauseous.”
“Before you ask, it means sickening to contemplate. Nauseated means feeling ill. Are you sickening to contemplate?”
crepuscular
Twilight
Hackles
Erectile hairs on the back of a dog
whinger.
Complain continually in an irritating manner
