The Shrinking of Treehorn Glossary

by Florence Parry Heide

The Shrinking of Treehorn Glossary

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Deride

Scorn, mock

Acrimonious

Evil, wicked, malicious

Commiseration

Sympathy

Decrepit

Wasted, worn-out

Rudimentary

Basic, elementary

Dreich

Bleak, dreary

Atrocious

Cruel, brutal

Innocuous

Harmless

Vertiginous

Giddy, dizzy

Demise

Death

Elaborative

Careful

Orgulous

Arrogantly superior

Lenity

Mercy, kindness

Brume

Fog, mist

Serene

Cloudless

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