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Cuckoos Calling Flashcards

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importuning

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“Instinct was clawing at him like an importuning dog”

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laconically

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“more’n a whole lotta these rich fuckers manage,’ said Wilson laconically.”

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rapacious

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“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

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“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

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“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

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“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

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heavy pedimented windows

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sycophantic

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“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

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“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

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“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

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“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

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“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

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“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

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“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

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“an inaudible but plangent note in Strike’s breast.”

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exigencies

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“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

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“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

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“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

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“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

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“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

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“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

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“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

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“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

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“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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paunchy

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“A paunchy man with a face the colour of corned beef”

Excerpt From: Robert, Galbraith. “The Cuckoo’s Calling.” Little, Brown Book Group, 2013-04-17T14:00:00+00:00. iBooks.
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desultory

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“From time to time there came outbreaks of desultory clicking,”

Excerpt From: Robert, Galbraith. “The Cuckoo’s Calling.” Little, Brown Book Group, 2013-04-17T14:00:00+00:00. iBooks.
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