Killing Floor Glossary

by Lee Child

Killing Floor Glossary

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Umbrage

Take offense

Diminutive

Compact, petite

Affability

Warmth, amiability

Ponderous

Lumbering, clumsy

Impingement

Encroaching

Dissent

Defiance, disagreement

Surmise

Deduce, suspect

Unscrupulous

Reprobate, immoral

Exasperated

Frustrated, irritated

Epithets

Label, tag

Disdainful

Derisive, scornful

Reverie

Day dream

Odious

Foul, revolting, vile

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