The Body Snatchers Glossary

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The Body Snatchers Glossary

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Appendectomy

A surgery to remove the appendix

Astounding

Shocking, alarming, surprising

Authenticated

Validated; confirmed genuine

Botanist

A person who studies plants

Corrugated

Formed into alternating ridges and grooves

Delusion

A false belief or impression often the result of a mental disorder

Diminished

Reduced, made smaller or less

Fireman's Carry

Technique that allows a person to carry another on the shoulder without assistance

Imaginative

Creative, given to using the imagination, or showing a high degree of imagination

Impersonate

Pretend to be another person either for fraud or entertainment

Imposter

A person who pretends to be someone else

Irritable

Easily annoyed or angered

Jovially

Heartily and merrily, with good humor

Physicist

Scientist charged with controlling the beneficial use of ionizing radiation

Prankster

A person fond of playing practical jokes

Racket

A scheme for obtaining money or other benefits by false pretenses

Resembled

Looked like; had similar appearance

Sanitarium

An establishment for the restoration of health, both physical and mental

Singed

Burned superficially or lightly

Skimped

Used an insufficient amount

On the Spur of the Moment

On a momentary impulse

Sullen

Sulky, morose, resentful

Tubercular

A person with tuberculosis

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