Vocabulary

cruel; merciless; pitiless; brutal; atrocious; inhuman

miserable; pitiful; tragic; wretched; horrible; terrible

here and there; scattered about

brilliant; bright

brilliant; radiant; bright; sparkling

brilliant; bright; radiant

sour; acid

impossible to do

greatest ... in history

historic; historical

four-legged; four-footed

doting (on one's children); (overly) fond; indulgent; loving

seeming (to be); appearing; apparently

prudent; thoughtful; discreet

incoherent; inconsistent; illogical; disorderly; confused; nonsensical

furious (energy, battle, etc.); frenzied (work, activity, etc.); ferocious

addressed to me; for me

privately-made (esp. postcard, mailing card, etc.); commercially-made; non-government; unofficial

imperfect; incompetent; inadequate; careless

supreme; sublime; highest

female

detailed; minute

unusual; rare; curious

uneventful; peaceful; safe

much the same

similar but different; alike only in appearance; falsely similar; spurious; sham; pseudo-

unlike; unbecoming; unworthy of; out of keeping with

homemade

self-torturing; masochistic

self-indulgent; undisciplined; slovenly; debauched; negligent

very troublesome; extremely bothersome; awfully complicated; tedious and annoying

tenacious; persistent; stubborn; vindictive; spiteful; vengeful

injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness

(deeply) jealous

damp; moist; humid

simple (and honest); simple-hearted; unsophisticated

experimental

in process; during execution; runtime

practical; pragmatic; hands-on; nuts and bolts

realistic; graphic; true to life