Selected Short Stories Glossary

Selected Short Stories Glossary

amalgamate

To merge an assortment into a collective entity.

attenuate

To weaken the intensity or reduce the force of something.

aver

To assert as the case.

abstemious

To practice discipline and restraint, especially of those activities or habits deemed negative.

alacrity

Done with great haste; rapidly accomplished.

compendium

A collection of like things such as a dictionary, encyclopedia or book of drawings.

partisan

Prejudiced or biased toward a certain cause or belief.

magnanimous

Big-hearted and compassionately charitable.

obdurate

Stubbornly resistant and unyielding to the point of being pigheaded.

recondite

Suggestive of being extremely obscure, mysterious or abstruse.

salubrious

Concerned with good health.

haughty

Having an incredibly misplaced view of one's own importance that is demonstrated in a concescending manner toward nearly everyone else.

inchoate

Rudimentary in form and design as a result of existing early in the lifespan of a thing.

tranquil

Peaceful, calm and almost impossibly serene.

bovine

Related to all things concerning cattle.

enervated

Exhibiting a comprehensive lack of energy, suggesting a reduction in one's very vitality.

grizzled

Graying or having hair that is streaked with gray.

sojourned

Went to, stopped by and dwelt near.

prodigality

Extravagant in one's wasting of money and resources.

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