The Refugees Glossary

by Viet Thanh Nguyen

The Refugees Glossary

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Omnipotent

Supreme, highly influential

Annihilation

Destruction, ruin

Irreverence

Contempt, disrespect

Polemical

Critical, bitter

Abundance

Very large quantity

Alacrity

Readiness, willingness

Relinquished

Renounced, surrendered

Insurgent

Rebel, agitator

Intractable

Out of control

Manuever

Operation, activity

Seminal

Creative, original

Vicarious

Secondary, indirect

Pervasive

General, universal

Stupefied

Intoxicated, numbed

Abysmal

Hopeless, terrible

Pernicious

Destructive, injurious

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