Cuckoos Calling Flashcards
importuning
“Instinct was clawing at him like an importuning dog”
laconically
“more’n a whole lotta these rich fuckers manage,’ said Wilson laconically.”
rapacious
“Temporary Solutions were rapacious”
Excerpt From: Robert, Galbraith. “The Cuckoo’s Calling.” Little, Brown Book Group, 2013-04-17T14:00:00+00:00. iBooks.
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profligate
“it would surely be pathetic, not to mention profligate, to pay for companionship”
Excerpt From: Robert, Galbraith. “The Cuckoo’s Calling.” Little, Brown Book Group, 2013-04-17T14:00:00+00:00. iBooks.
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lascivious
“Robin’s awkward description of the lascivious Mr Crowdy”
Excerpt From: Robert, Galbraith. “The Cuckoo’s Calling.” Little, Brown Book Group, 2013-04-17T14:00:00+00:00. iBooks.
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erudition
“their erudition and occasional flamboyance”
Excerpt From: Robert, Galbraith. “The Cuckoo’s Calling.” Little, Brown Book Group, 2013-04-17T14:00:00+00:00. iBooks.
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pedimented
heavy pedimented windows
sycophantic
“The interviewer brayed with sycophantic laughter.”
Excerpt From: Robert, Galbraith. “The Cuckoo’s Calling.” Little, Brown Book Group, 2013-04-17T14:00:00+00:00. iBooks.
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sanctimonious
“So far, so sanctimonious,’ muttered Strike”
Excerpt From: Robert, Galbraith. “The Cuckoo’s Calling.” Little, Brown Book Group, 2013-04-17T14:00:00+00:00. iBooks.
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vituperative
“Charlotte wove in and out of every dream, gorgeous, vituperative and haunted.”
Excerpt From: Robert, Galbraith. “The Cuckoo’s Calling.” Little, Brown Book Group, 2013-04-17T14:00:00+00:00. iBooks.
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mythomania
“knowledge of her mythomania, her need to provoke, to taunt”
Excerpt From: Robert, Galbraith. “The Cuckoo’s Calling.” Little, Brown Book Group, 2013-04-17T14:00:00+00:00. iBooks.
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scudded
“intermittently silver as clouds scudded across the sun.”
Excerpt From: Robert, Galbraith. “The Cuckoo’s Calling.” Little, Brown Book Group, 2013-04-17T14:00:00+00:00. iBooks.
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bacchanalian
“he examined the painted panels on the ceiling; bacchanalian revels”
Excerpt From: Robert, Galbraith. “The Cuckoo’s Calling.” Little, Brown Book Group, 2013-04-17T14:00:00+00:00. iBooks.
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penury
“he was heading into penury”
Excerpt From: Robert, Galbraith. “The Cuckoo’s Calling.” Little, Brown Book Group, 2013-04-17T14:00:00+00:00. iBooks.
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plangent
“an inaudible but plangent note in Strike’s breast.”
Excerpt From: Robert, Galbraith. “The Cuckoo’s Calling.” Little, Brown Book Group, 2013-04-17T14:00:00+00:00. iBooks.
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exigencies
“a woman who daily dealt with exigencies much more complex and intriguing than Alison could possibly imagine”
Excerpt From: Robert, Galbraith. “The Cuckoo’s Calling.” Little, Brown Book Group, 2013-04-17T14:00:00+00:00. iBooks.
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gambolling
“His baser self was already gambolling off into the realms of happy speculation”
Excerpt From: Robert, Galbraith. “The Cuckoo’s Calling.” Little, Brown Book Group, 2013-04-17T14:00:00+00:00. iBooks.
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perfunctory
“smiled in perfunctory fashion at his thanks and made to leave”
Excerpt From: Robert, Galbraith. “The Cuckoo’s Calling.” Little, Brown Book Group, 2013-04-17T14:00:00+00:00. iBooks.
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sartorial
“his visitor’s sartorial superiority”
Excerpt From: Robert, Galbraith. “The Cuckoo’s Calling.” Little, Brown Book Group, 2013-04-17T14:00:00+00:00. iBooks.
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banderillas
“to plunge in those last few banderillas she had failed to implant before he had left”
Excerpt From: Robert, Galbraith. “The Cuckoo’s Calling.” Little, Brown Book Group, 2013-04-17T14:00:00+00:00. iBooks.
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querulously
“Is everything all right?’ called the graphic designer querulously.”
Excerpt From: Robert, Galbraith. “The Cuckoo’s Calling.” Little, Brown Book Group, 2013-04-17T14:00:00+00:00. iBooks.
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ephemera
“every kind of musical ephemera”
Excerpt From: Robert, Galbraith. “The Cuckoo’s Calling.” Little, Brown Book Group, 2013-04-17T14:00:00+00:00. iBooks.
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pugnacious
“the pale and pugnacious commuters”
Excerpt From: Robert, Galbraith. “The Cuckoo’s Calling.” Little, Brown Book Group, 2013-04-17T14:00:00+00:00. iBooks.
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Schadenfreude
“She became a morality tale stiff with Schadenfreude”
Excerpt From: Robert, Galbraith. “The Cuckoo’s Calling.” Little, Brown Book Group, 2013-04-17T14:00:00+00:00. iBooks.
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