Thoughts in a Zoo Glossary

Thoughts in a Zoo Glossary

Commiserating

To sympathize with someone or comfort them

Mitigate

To reduce severity and harm and make something more bearable

Gaunt

Someone who is skinny and lean due to hunger, suffering or age

Smoulder

Something that burns slowly without a flame

Wretched

Someone who is extremely miserable and unhappy

Vastness

To be big and grand

Stifling

To be constrained or supressed

Fiery

To be spirited or volatile

Proffer

To hold something out with the purpose of being taken or touched

Lordly

To act as if you are noble or majestic

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