Tangible(TTTC pg 155)
Original Sentence: At one point he had enrolled in the junior college in his hometown, but the course work, he said, seemed too abstract, too distant, with nothing real or tangible at stake, certainly not the stakes of a war.
Dictionary Verbatum-real or actual, rather than imaginary or visionary
Omit(TTTC pg 159.)
Original Sentence:I had been forced to omit the shit field and the rain and the death of Kiowa, replacing this material with events that better fit the book's narrative.
Context Clue: From the way the sentence is worded i can infer that omit means to leave out something.
Dictionary Verbatum:to leave out; fail to include or mention
Fritter(TTTC pg 196)
Original Sentence: You just don't fritter away all your luck.
Context Clue:From the orignal sentence i can guess that fritter means to throw away.
Dicitonay Verbatum: to squander or disperse piecemeal
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