infectious adj caused by infection or capable of causing infection


collapse vt. an abrupt failure of function or health

Giddy vt. having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling

embroidered adj adorned with embroidery

16“Eventually she surpasses her employer in skill and her food is known throughout the land”

12“I’d stagger from the table or collapse in quiet shameful agony, hoping no one in the family would notice.”

11“Johnny, Mirren, Gat, and I snuck glasses of wine and felt giddy and silly.”

11“Inside, it is full of original New Yorker cartoons, family photos, embroidered pillows, small statues, ivory paperweights, taxidermied fish on plaques.”