The Collected Stories of Satyajit Ray Glossary

by Satyajit Ray

The Collected Stories of Satyajit Ray Glossary

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Pervasive

Widespread, prevalent

Excruciating

Piercing, agonizing

Almanac

Annual calendar, yearbook

Seminal

Groundbreaking, formative

Cavernous

Spacious, commodious

Oblivion

Stupor, insensibility

Doused

Inundated, saturated

Beckoning

Signalling, gesturing

Obsidian

Volcanic glass

Terrestrial

Prosaic, earthly

Murmured

Rustled, whispered

Frigid

Bleak, frosty

Stupefied

Tranquilized, benumbed

Sniveling

Whimpering, complaining

Decapitated

Beheaded

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