The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Glossary

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Glossary

Aggravated

angry

Amiss

wrong

Archipelago

a sea with a group of islands

Baffled

confused

Banal

dull

Bizarre

out of the ordinary

Bluffing

lying

Coercion

bullying

Convalescent

recovery

Degradation

ruin

Delinquent

criminal

Digressions

deviation

Disparaging

judgmental

Duvet

bedcovers

Fabricated

made-up

Flabbergasted

shocked

Flinging

throwing

Foreground

centre

Fröken

Miss, title for an unmarried young girl

Hitherto

up till now

Indicted

prosecuted

Inexplicable

mysterious

Infringement

violation

Kefir

fermented milk drink made by mixing cow, sheep or goat milk with grains, i.e., kefir seeds

Kronor

monetary unit of Sweden

Non compos mentis

insane

Ombudsman

an official appointed to investigate an individual's complaint against a company or organization especially public authorities

Peculiarity

weirdness

Pentecostal movement

It is a rekindling movement in Protestant Church that stresses on personal understanding of God by Baptism with the Holy Spirit

Propagate

circulate

Rapids

fast-moving water

Sadist

Someone who enjoys hurting people and may get sexual gratification from it.

Scrutinised

survey

Smokescreens

a ruse created to hide one's intentions and/or activities

Snivelling

crying

Sola fide

It is a Christian Theological doctrine of justification by faith which distinguishes between Protestants from Catholics and Orthodox Christians

Sola scriptura

Christian doctrine that Bible is the sole authority

Solidarity

unity

Speculating

guessing

Starboard side

right hand side facing forward

Sufficientia scripturae

God's revelation in Christ

Unravelling

sorting out

Viaduct

bridge

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