Wondrous Words and WoW Weekly 100 Words (5)

I'm late, I'm late, for a very important date!  Here it is, everyone, my words for Wednesday (on Thursday).

Both of today's memes center around A Moveable Feast by Lonely Planet.

Wondrous Words Wednesday is a weekly meme where we share new (to us) words that we’ve encountered in our reading.  If you want to play along, grab the button, write a post, and head to Bermuda Onion's blog to add your link to Mr. Linky!http://bermudaonion.wordpress.com

 bacchanal:  n. A drunken reveler.  An occasion of drunken revelry.  This word was used in context as "literary bacchanal".

gustatory:  adj.  Of or pertaining to taste and tasting.

 

This meme is hosted by Ruthi at Ruthi Reads!  The object is simple:  share exactly 100 words from the book you are currently reading, and no spoilers!  Be sure to include your book's title, author, and page number in your post.  Head over to Ruthi's site and add your link to your book!  Happy Reading!

It didn't take the officer long to spot the bags under my bed, and to guess that they weren't mine.  He demanded my neighbours' passports, and when the train came to a halt a few hundred metres further east in the imposing station of Brest, he put the documents in his pocket and signalled for Svetla to follow him over to the customs shed.  Katya sat with her head in her hands. Problemi!  Meanwhile, babushkas, old farm women in heavy dark clothes and flowery headscarves, appeared at our window offering bread and milk, shapmanski and wodka.

 After the shed, we...   -- p. 89, A Moveable Feast by Lonely Planet