The Souvenir Museum Glossary

by Elizabeth McCracken

The Souvenir Museum Glossary

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Written by Anastasia Melnyk

preciosity

refinement in the choice of words

omen

a sign prophetic significance

prattle

incomprehensible talk, chatter

offbeat

unusual, uncommon

endemic

native, local

impenetrable

difficult to be achieved

flabbergast

amaze, strike dumb

eensy

extremely small, tiny

effervesce

bubble

promiscuous

mixed, unequal

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