As I’m reading Quicksand, I see several words to recommend you look up and add to our glossary. Here’s a running list with page numbers from Chapter 1–feel free to choose from this list or to make your own selection.

362:

• nasturtiums
• brocaded
• mules
• hackneyed
• petulance

363:

• surge
• seething

364:

• audacious
• whippoorwill
• secretary
• paraphernalia
• inculcate
• exemplification
• magnanimity
• refutation
• paring
• temerity
• waned
• impetuous

365:

• hypocrisies
• obstinate
• sordid

366:

• detractors
• antagonism
• trifle
• acquiescence
• anent

367:

• crux
• presumptuous
• first family

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