Words of Week 34

Macabre: Sisturbing and horrifying because of involvement with or depiction of death and injury
Credulous: Having or showing too great a readiness to believe things
Leery: Cautious or wary due to realistic suspicions
Avocation: A hobby or minor occupation
Livid: Furiously angry
Histrionic: Overly theatrical or melodramatic in character or style
Meander: Follow a winding course

Words of Week 33

Lackluster: Lacking in vitality, force, or conviction; uninspired or uninspiring
Indelible: (of ink or a pen) making marks that cannot be removed
Jaded: Tired, bored, or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having had too much of something
Ineffable: Too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words
Affable: Friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to
Innate: Inborn; natural

Words of Week 32

Gingerly: In a careful or cautious manner
Fraught: (of a situation or course of action) filled with or destined to result in (something undesirable).
Nuance: A subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound.
Gamut: The complete range or scope of something
Imperceptible: Impossible to perceive
Abstruse: Difficult to understand; obscure
Gregarious: (of a person) fond of company; sociable

Words of Week 31

Metacognition: Awareness and understanding of one's own thought processes
Ebullient: Cheerful and full of energy
Flagrant: (of something considered wrong or immoral) conspicuously or obviously offensive
Allegory: A story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one
Exacerbate: Make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse

Charms in Requiem

Requiem (Delirium #3) by Lauren Oliver, 391 pages

"But after the cure, a wall came down inside me. Now I see that yes, I am quiet simply and inarguably beautiful. I also no longer care."

"Freedom is exhausting."

"How can someone have the power to shatter you to dust -- and also make you feel so whole?"

"This is what amazes me: that people are new every day. That they are never the same. You must invent them, and they must invent themselves, too."

"Only people who have something to hide make a fuss about privacy."

"He who jumps may fall, but he may also fly."

Review with Spoilers

The final book in the trilogy, Requiem was exceedingly slow. The love triangle between Lena, Julian and Alex took up too much space, and the overthrowing of the government was squeezed into 4 chapters. The ending was very vague. I would have liked to know what Julian felt and if the cured and the uncured lived together after the wall came down. Nevertheless, an easy-read and satisfying if you are interested in the dystopian young adult genre.

Words of Week 30

Covet: Yearn to possess or have
Deadlock: A situation, typically one involving opposing parties, in which no progress can be made
Penurious: Extremely poor; poverty-stricken
Defunct: No longer existing or functioning
Choleric: Bad-tempered or irritable
Dispel: Make (a doubt, feeling, or belief) disappear
Gaunt: (of a person) Lean and haggard, esp. because of suffering, hunger, or age
Dissonance: Lack of harmony among musical notes