Do Not Say We Have Nothing Glossary

by Madeleine Thien

Do Not Say We Have Nothing Glossary

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Mien

Expression, air

Madrigal

Mediaeval short poem

Plausible

Feasible, believable

Extenuate

Justify, mitigate

Vernal

Youthful, springlike

Malignity

Spite, malevolence

Dexterous

Capable, agile

Covertly

Secretly, conspiratorially

Frugal

Economical, thrifty

Apathetically

In a detached manner

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