A Month in the Country Glossary

A Month in the Country Glossary

Grievous

something which is bad in a serious way

Discontent

a sense of dissatisfaction about a person's state

Inscrutable

enigmatic or hard to understand

Enteric

relating to a person's intestines

Abhorring

seeing something with disgust

To dupe

to deceive or trick someone

Nemesis

a mortal enemy

To beset

to trouble someone persistently

Farce

a joke or an event which puts a person in a bad image

Strife

a conflict or a disagreement caused by differences in opinion

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