Word association with words that jumped out in this week's New Yorker: (word;association)

• marvels;growing
• charcoal;flesh
• incandescent;bugs
• zygote;Ani DiFranco
• Hefner;velvet
• windowsill;plants
• self-sacrifice;self-righteous intent
• pretty;words
• nineteen;transition
• thick-set;euphemisms
• maudlin;display
• somersault;suburbia
• wineglasses;wooden tables
• modular;Ikea
• daywear;pastel polyester
• chiffon;"Where the hell is my chiffon?"
• ambassador's wife;pearls and boredom
• plot; contrive
• virtuosity;thank you for a lovely evening