The Egg - A Short Story

Not difficult; easy.

A paramedic, someone with special training in first aid, especially in the military.

A medical student.

Proceeds; profits from business transactions.

An advertising slot or package.

A press avail.

Non-binding notice of availability for work.

A readily available stock of oil.

Benefit; value, profit; advantage toward success.

Effort; striving.

To destroy or disable something.

To smash, or break into tiny pieces.

To dispirit or emotionally defeat

To scatter about.

To lessen; diminish; to diminish in speaking; speak of lightly or slightingly; minimise.

To effect mincingly.

To cut into very small pieces; to chop fine.

To suppress or weaken the force of

To say or utter vaguely, not directly or frankly

To affect; to pronounce affectedly or with an accent.

To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.

To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.

To protect or support with a skid or skids.

To cause to move on skids.

To check or halt (wagon wheels, etc.) with a skid.

Void; emptiness.

Quality of inconsequentiality; lacking in significance.

The place believed to be inhabited by deceased people.