How It Happened Glossary

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

How It Happened Glossary

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Despodency

Discouragement

Pillory

Condemn, criticize

Quibble

Trivial objection

Vengeance

Retaliation, revenge

Enigma

Riddle, puzzle

Dearth

Lack, scarcity

Accumen

Sense, awareness

Discrepancy

Mismatch, variation

Oblivion

Insensibility, darkness

Arrant

Total, utter

Chasm

Abyss, canyon

Hubris

Vanity, pride

Puerile

Silly, immature

Wrath

Anger

Truculent

Defiant, aggressive

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