ventilator (n.)

a piece of equipment that pumps air into and out of someone's lungs

"I'd end up back in the ICU, by the whoosing ventilator beside his bed, and I'd be no closer to knowing" - (350).

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corpse (n.)

the dead body of a person.

"Some of them are nightmares, like hanged corpses rotting in soccer fields with bloodred grass" - (218).

profuse (adj.)

produced or existing in large quantities.

"... and if you do, you will be scorned and mae to apologize profusely for having committed the sin of Spoiling the End" - (357).

plummet (v.)

to fall suddenly and quicly from a very high place.

"I pulled hard and our kite plummeted" - (370).

pomegranate (n.)

a round fruit that has a lot of small juicy red seeds that you can eat and thick reddish skin.

"There was a pomegranate tree near the entrance to the cemetary" - (27)

croak (v.)

to make a deep low sound like the sound a frog makes

" 'Please! Please, no.' he croaked" - (341)

herringbone (n.)

a pattern consisting of continous line of V shapes, used in cloth, etc

"... a man dressed in a herringbone vest pressing the muzzle of his Kalashnikov to the back of Hassan's head" - (219)

slump (v.)

to fall or lean against something because you are not strong enough to stand

"I sighed and slumped in my chair" - (354)

shrug (v.)

to raise and then lower your shoulders in order to show that you do not know something or do not care about something

"He looked to me for help but I shrugged" - (45)

profound (adj.)

showing strong, seriously feeling

"But that will neve rhappen again, and I am so very profoundly sorry" - (355)