The House with a Clock in Its Walls Glossary

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The House with a Clock in Its Walls Glossary

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contusion

Under-skin injury

Torpid

Suspended animation

Trite

Overfamiliar, repeated often

Truculent

Aggressive

Zephyr

Slight wind

Quaint

Old fashioned and attractive

Paucity

Insufficient in quantity

Insidious

Working in a hidden way

Insurgent

Opposed to authority or government

Maudlin

Insincerely or cheaply emotional

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