Notes on a Scandal Glossary

Notes on a Scandal Glossary

Befuddled

Confused

Brusque

Abrupt in manner or speech

Caravan

Mobile home on wheels pulled behind a car or truck, popular in England for touring vacations

Champing at the Bit

Desperately eager

Chemist

Pharmacy

Council Estate

Public housing

Furtive

Sly, sneaky

Gauche

Socially awkward, tactless

Had the Hump

Was in a grumpy mood, was fed up

Kitchenette

Very small kitchen with an eating area

Lecherous

Lustful, having excessive sexial desire

Pompadour

Type of hairstyle

Raucous

Loud and resounding

Reclining

In a leaning or horizontal position

Sardonic

Grimly critical or sarcastic

Seventh Dayer

Member of the Church of Seventh Day Adventists

Solace

Comfort in distress

Tannin

Organic compound found in tea

Ubiquitous

Present everywhere

Upbraided

Reproached or chided

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