Vocabulary

immense; awesome; enormous; terrific

avarice; heartlessness; greed

sensuously beautiful; seductively beautiful; voluptuous

as if; the very thing itself

empty show; frivolity; levity

self-indulgence; looseness; dissoluteness

bony; tough; plucky; spirited; hard to deal with

impersonal

rummaging (in a drawer)

disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient

chapped (hands)

look like; sound like; seem like; savor of; smack of

jam-packed; packed; packed like sardines

stiff; starchy

well; in good health; safe; free from accident

sticky; syrupy; pulpy

gently sloping; gentle; gradual; easy

splashing; dabbling

soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato)

tufty; fringy; flocculent; fleecy; abundant; flowing (hair)

clumsy; awkward; unskillful

must; should; ought to

worn-out; shabby; seedy; wrinkled-up; threadbare

pushy; pushing; self-assertive

golden and shiny

square; formal; prim; stuffy

longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long

all (that one has); all (that there is); everything; the whole

adaptable; flexible; versatile; unfixed

hairy; thickly haired; shaggy

watery; soggy

womanly; feminine; womanish; effeminate

very popular; highly favoured

forbidden; prohibited; banned; taboo

feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about

unbroken; uninterrupted; continuous

morally corrupt

a little embarrassing; slightly embarrassed; somewhat ashamed

embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward

dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid