chapter 18 A Flashcards
I had to be super careful carrying it back to school, storing it on the top shelf of my locker until I was ready to ____________
feast
I’m still not sure I get this plan, SEan says, cringing as I -___________a broccoli stalk with my mouth wide open. T
chew
I don’t want anyone seeing me and Helen in _____________
close proximity
If I start _______________________, you can be damn sure Helen’s going to want to work at separate ends of the library
ripping noxious ass blasters
I shove a ______________ of coleslaw into my mouth
heaping forkful of coleslaw
I hate to think what kind of stench all this fuel is going to create. you want me to ___________
crack you off a taster
too late. I smile, popping a cauliflower _______
floret
SEan reels back as he’s smacked in the face with my silent _____________
sampler
Sean reels back as he’s smacked in the face with my silent sampler. It’s a fine _____________ laced with the smell of rotten eggs, runny cheese, dead skunk, and just a hint of pruney sweetness
bouquet
bouquet
a characteristic scent, especially that of a wine or perfume.
“the aperitif has a faint bouquet of almonds”
synonyms:
aroma, nose, smell, fragrance, perfume, scent, odor
“the Chardonnay has a fine bouquet”
he screws up his face, covering his nose and mouth with the _________ of his elbow
crook
You bastard! He starts to __________ and laugh at the same time. That’s worse than a Saint Bernard beefer
gag
She’s reading some ___________ paperback, her tiny face nearly swallowed up by the giant gray _____________ that surrounds her head
beat-to-hell; frizz
If a ______________ suddently poked it’s nose out of all that fuzz, you wouldn’t be surprised.
chipmunk; fuzz
I can feel the _____________ and __________________ in my gut as the vicious vegetable-bea brew _________________
squeezing; grumbling; percolates
