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vitriolic
(redirected from acerbic)

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vitriolic
(of a substance, esp a strong acid) highly corrosive


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Though Light is an agreeable heroine, with a chilling sense of humor and an acerbic compassion for her fellow human beings, the central character of Block's novels is Syracuse itself.
Love Hurts offers the listener a comic Steve Almond story about a blind date gone right, a brilliant Arthur Miller coming-of-age tale about an adolescent boy who purchases his first puppy and has his first sexual experience on the same day, a touching vignette by Pamela Painter of a woman reading to her dying husband, and a canny, acerbic glimpse of a new Olympic sport as invented by Ron Carlson: dining out with one's ex and pretending not to care.
It also stated, In lieu of flowers, please send acerbic letters to Republicans.
 
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