Genuine Fraud: List 3

by E. Lockhart
This suspenseful novel, told in reverse chronological order, follows Jule West Williams, a scrappy and resourceful orphan who develops an intense friendship with Imogen, a privileged heiress.

This list covers Chapters 13–10.

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  1. quaint
    attractively old-fashioned
    It looked like Immie had said it would, hilly and quaint, yet expansive and elegant.
  2. spare
    thin and fit
    Maddie Chung, the owner, was spare, fiftyish, and gay. She wore jeans and smoked on the porch and owned a small bookstore.
  3. goodwill
    a disposition to kindness and compassion
    She was very kind and seemed to view Jule as in need of goodwill.
  4. antsy
    nervous and unable to relax
    By the time they got to the Golden Gate Bridge, she was antsy.
  5. unnerve
    disturb the composure of
    The quiet drive was unnerving. She nudged Brooke awake.
  6. majestic
    having or displaying great dignity or nobility
    “The bridge,” she said. “Look.” It loomed above them, orange and majestic.
  7. ethical
    conforming to accepted standards of social behavior
    Also, no one wears fur coats because, hello, that’s not even ethical. I mean, maybe someone’s grandma would, but not a regular person.
  8. huffy
    quick to take offense
    I could have gotten huffy and acted like, ooh, poor me because you can’t have two best friends and wah, wah, wah. But I didn’t.
  9. obsess
    be preoccupied with something
    She wanted to see if people would lose their cool and obsess over her.
  10. infatuated
    marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness
    She’d been infatuated and then disillusioned—but only after he’d dumped her.
  11. disillusioned
    freed from false ideas
    She’d been infatuated and then disillusioned—but only after he’d dumped her.
  12. scrabble
    grope, scratch, or feel searchingly
    Brooke kicked out and hit Jule in the shoulder, scrabbling with her hands to regain her grip on the railing.
  13. dislocate
    move out of position
    She kicked hard, and Jule’s shoulder popped out, dislocating with a jolt of pain.
  14. jolt
    a sudden jarring impact
    She kicked hard, and Jule’s shoulder popped out, dislocating with a jolt of pain.
  15. lame
    disabled in the feet or legs
    She lost hold of Brooke, and with her left arm hanging lame, locked her right arm and slammed it up under Brooke’s forearms, making Brooke let go of the railing.
  16. gingerly
    in a manner marked by extreme care or delicacy
    Jule touched her shoulder gingerly.
  17. ablaze
    resembling flame in brilliance or color
    The Golden Gate Bridge was ablaze against the night sky.
  18. adrenaline
    hormone secreted by the adrenal gland in response to stress
    As Jule settled down to wait, the adrenaline high of the past few hours seeped away.
  19. dismay
    lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
    “God rest ye merry, gentlemen,
    Let nothing you dismay
    Remember, Christ, our savior,
    Was born on Christmas Day,
    To save us all from Satan’s power
    When we had gone astray.”
  20. astray
    away from the right path or direction
    “God rest ye merry, gentlemen,
    Let nothing you dismay
    Remember, Christ, our savior,
    Was born on Christmas Day,
    To save us all from Satan’s power
    When we had gone astray.”
  21. tipsy
    slightly intoxicated
    They were quarreling and decorating and cleaning up after big meals, tipsy from mulled wine, watching uplifting old movies.
  22. credible
    capable of being believed
    She had done the deed with credible efficiency.
  23. taxidermy
    the art of mounting the skins of animals
    The Academy was a natural history museum full of dinosaur bones and taxidermy.
  24. dingy
    discolored by impurities; not bright and clear
    The vipers were coiled upon themselves, suspended in dingy liquid.
  25. robust
    sturdy and strong in form, constitution, or construction
    She turned a corner and found Brooke sitting on the floor in one aisle, staring at a robust yellow frog on a low shelf.
  26. resonate
    evoke or suggest a strong meaning or belief
    “I don’t celebrate.” Jule wished Brooke wouldn’t push. She didn’t have an answer. She had no mythology that resonated beyond the hero origin story.
  27. rococo
    having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation
    The place was all red velvet, chandeliers, and rococo flourishes.
  28. flourish
    a showy gesture
    The place was all red velvet, chandeliers, and rococo flourishes.
  29. kin
    group of people related by blood or marriage
    “I don’t know. He was only about my age when he died. Throat cancer. There were no next of kin I could discover. No money. Maybe he changed his name or fell out with his people. It happens.”
  30. dependent
    relying on or requiring a person or thing for support
    You're nothing but an entitled, dependent little boy.
  31. dictate
    determine, order, or control how something is done
    No, Immie would have walked lazily through, allowing the space to dictate her mood.
  32. consolation
    the act of giving relief in affliction
    So much of Immie was in Jule now. That was consolation.
  33. archipelago
    a group of many islands in a large body of water
    Culebra is an archipelago off the coast of Puerto Rico.
  34. belittle
    express a negative opinion of
    “It belittles half the population, Kenny.”
  35. involuntarily
    against your will
    Each item was so expensive Jule put her hand over her mouth involuntarily when she looked at the packing sheet.
  36. grubby
    thickly covered with ingrained dirt
    In the bathroom, a grubby makeup bag sat on the counter.
  37. amethyst
    a transparent purple variety of quartz; used as a gemstone
    She found Immie’s collection of vintage engraved rings: the amethyst fox, the silhouette, the wooden carving of the duck, a sapphire one with a bumblebee, a silver elephant, a silver leaping rabbit, and a green jade frog.
  38. silhouette
    a filled-in drawing of the outline of an object
    She found Immie’s collection of vintage engraved rings: the amethyst fox, the silhouette, the wooden carving of the duck, a sapphire one with a bumblebee, a silver elephant, a silver leaping rabbit, and a green jade frog.
  39. dormant
    inactive but capable of becoming active
    She closed all Immie’s social media accounts. They were dormant anyhow.
  40. template
    a model or standard for making comparisons
    Finally, the lawyer emailed a template will.
Created on Wed Nov 28 21:23:46 EST 2018 (updated Wed Dec 12 11:50:15 EST 2018)

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