Absence- the state of being away from a place or person.
Amendment - a minor change or addition designed to improve a text, piece of legislation, etc.
Annex- append or add as an extra or subordinate part, especially to a document.
Believable - of an account or the person relating it) able to be believed; credible
Characteristic- typical of a particular person, place, or thing
congratulations -words expressing praise for an achievement or good wishes on a special occasion.
consumer - a person who purchases goods and services for personal use.
convict - declare (someone) to be guilty of a criminal offense by the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law.
culprit - a person who is responsible for a crime or other misdeed.
Delicious - highly pleasant to the taste.
Especially - used to single out one person, thing, or situation over all others.
frightful
Ghostly- of or like a ghost in appearance or sound; eerie and unnatural.
Inanimate -not alive, especially not in the manner of animals and humans.
Landmark - an object or feature of a landscape or town that is easily seen and recognized from a distance, especially one that enables someone to establish their location.
Percent - by a specified amount in or for every hundred.
Pertinent - relevant or applicable to a particular matter; apposite.
Pressure - continuous physical force exerted on or against an object by something in contact with it.
Susceptible - likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing.
Therapy - treatment intended to relieve or heal a disorder.
"He wanted not association with glittering things and glittering people—he wanted the glittering things themselves. Often he reached out for the best without knowing why he wanted it—and sometimes he ran up against the mysterious denials and prohibitions in which life indulges."
These sentences foreshadow his possession with Judy. The sentences say that he wanted things themselves and he liked the best of them.