"Rash" by Pete Hautman Vocabulary

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Misdemeanor
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Misdemeanor
(n.) a crime or offense that is less serious than a felony; any minor misbehavior or misconduct
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diminutive
(adj.) small, smaller than most others of the same type
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pretentious
pompous, self-important
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ballistic
having the qualities of being thrown or projected
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tedious
too long, slow, or dull: tiresome or monotonous.
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malicious
Intended to hurt or harm
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precarious
Dangerous; risky; lacking in security or stability
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furrowed
deeply wrinkled, as on the forehead
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manifests
display or show (a quality or feeling) by one's acts or appearance; demonstrate.
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gesticulations (pl. n.)
energetic gestures of the hands or arms
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interminableendless, so long as to seem endlessmagnanimousgenerous in forgivinghorrendousextremely unpleasant, horrifying, or terriblecylindrical(adj.) relating to or shaped like a tubelumberedmoved clumsily or heavilypredicamenta difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situationexcruciatingextremely painfulsentientconscious; capable of feeling or perceivingproclivitiesnatural tendencies to behave in a certain wayfallaciousmisleading or deceptivevacantEmpty; unoccupiedanomaliessomething that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expectedexuberancejoyful enthusiasmrecidivisma repetition of or return to criminal behaviorsurmisedsuppose that something is true without having evidence to confirm it

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