The Subtle Knife Glossary

The Subtle Knife Glossary

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Written by Tasha Roy

Famished

Extremely hungry

Incumbent

Binding, essential

Congregation

Assembly, gathering

Enigma

Puzzle, riddle

Brimmen

Brimming

Parallelo

Same distance

Rendering

Melting and straining

Diagonally

Aslant, crossways

Furtive

Secretive

Phenomenon

Episode, occurrence

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