Alice Walker: Poetry Glossary

Alice Walker: Poetry Glossary

Frugally

Scantily, Meagerly, Without wasting the available resources (Adverb).

Purge

Eradicate, Clear, Discharge (Verb).

Caress

Stroke, Touch, Fondle (Can be used as both noun and verb).

Midget

A short-heighted person, A dwarf.

Bruised

Contused, Injured, Blackened by injury (Adjective).

Iguana

A tropical lizard, native to Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America.

Sheared

A lamb whose wool has been cut off.

Jagged

Spiky, Pointed, Uneven (Adjective).

Gouged

Excavated, Burrowed out (Adjective).

Hinge

The joint of a door or window that can be moved.

Contradiction

Denial, Counter-statement, Refusal (Noun).

Shawl

An ethnic Indian woollen winter-wear which is wrapped around the body. The woollen or pashmina shawl of Kashmir is world famous.

Parry

Fend off, Ward off (Verb).

Succumb

Submit, Surrender, Give in (Verb).

Askance

Obliquely, Indirectly (Adverb).

Impetuous

Impulsive, Hasty, Reckless (Adjective).

Outcast

A socially marginalized person, an untouchable (Noun).

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