Surfeit because it means an excessive amount of something which CAN be good.
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able to be deducted, especially from taxable income or tax to be paid.
or (in an insurance policy) a specified amount of money that the insured must pay before an insurance company will pay a claim.
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wispy
thin and weak
He must’ve been held back several grades, because he was the only sixth grader with acne and the start of a wispy beard on his chin.
pulverize
make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust
It’s weird being alone with a teacher, especially Mrs. Dodds. Something about the way she looked at the frieze, as if she wanted to pulverize it.
squall
sudden violent winds, often accompanied by precipitation
One of the current events we studied in social studies class was the unusual number of small planes that had gone down in sudden squalls in the Atlantic that year.
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was an environmental science book. It documented the negative effects the indiscriminate use of pesticides has on the environment, particularly the birds.
The book became the tool that awakened the public to the real harm that big industrial companies have been hiding from them. Thus, driving them to launch an environmental movement that aims to prohibit the indiscriminate use of pesticides, specifically DDT.
